Level of Anxiety, Depression and Stress among Rural and Urban Diabetic Patients

The main objective of the present study was to assess the level of anxiety, depression and stress among rural and urban diabetic patients. It was hypothesized that there will be a significant difference between rural and urban diabetic patient with reference to anxiety, depression and stress. The researcher has adopted the quantitative descriptive research to gain the objectives of the present study. For the present research, work researcher has selected 320 diabetic patients (Type-II) age range between 30 to 65 years with the help of purposive random sampling techniques. Further, they were classified into 2 groups i.e. rural (160) and urban (160). Anxiety, Depression and Stress Scale was used; it was developed by Bhatnagar, P. et al. (2011). Data were analyzed by using means, standard deviation and F tests. Findings revealed that urban diabetic people have greater symptoms of anxiety whereas both rural and urban diabetic patients have more or less similar level of depression and stress.