Khoulood Adeeb Halasa and Iyad Jeries Shawareb
This study aims at examining the level of depression among diabetic and hypertensive patients in Marj Al-hamam health centre. Additionally, the effects of gender, age, types of disease, qualification, and type of work were also investigated with reference to the diabetic and hypertensive patients. The sample consists of 125 visiting patients, and the study instrument is the Beck scale. The findings of the study indicated that there are statistically significant differences at (α ≤ 0.05) in depression among diabetic and hypertensive patients based on the gender and type of job variables, whereas there are no statistically significant differences at (α ≤ 0.05) in depression among diabetic and hypertensive patients based on the age, qualification and type of disease variables.
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