Department of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Metabolic Diseases, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Nutrition. 2011 Jan;27(1):46-49. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.10.017. Epub 2010 May 15.
Late-life depression is one of the main health problems among elderly diabetic subjects. In addition, depression is a common psychopathological condition among renal failure patients and most of these patients follow a low protein diet regimen (LPD). However, the effects of LPD on depressive symptoms are unclear.
In the present study, the effects of LPD regimen on depressive symptoms in elderly type 2 diabetic subjects with renal failure were investigated.
Fifty-two young-old type 2 diabetic patients with renal failure were enrolled in the study. All participants after normal protein diet regimen providing 1.2g/kg per d were instructed to consume either a LPD providing 0.8 g/kg per d, 7 d a wk (LPD 7/7), or a LPD providing 0.8 g/kg per d 6 d a wk (LPD 6/7) randomly.
Mean 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) (2.0±0.6) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) (4.1±1.0), during normal protein diet regimen, significantly increased to (6.7±1.6) and (12.2±1.4), respectively, after LPD 7/7 (P<0.05 versus normal protein diet). However, after LPD 6/7, mean GDS-15 and BDI significantly decreased to (4.4±1.5) and (6.7±1.6), respectively (P<0.05 versus LPD 7/7).
LPD 6/7 regimen significantly decreased depressive symptoms in young-old type 2 diabetic patients.
老年期抑郁症是老年糖尿病患者的主要健康问题之一。此外,抑郁症是肾衰竭患者常见的精神病理学状况,大多数这些患者遵循低蛋白饮食方案(LPD)。然而,LPD 对抑郁症状的影响尚不清楚。
本研究调查了 LPD 方案对老年 2 型糖尿病合并肾衰竭患者抑郁症状的影响。
52 名年轻的 2 型糖尿病肾衰竭患者纳入研究。所有参与者在接受正常蛋白质饮食方案(提供 1.2g/kg/d)后,随机分为两组,一组接受 7 天/周的 LPD(提供 0.8 g/kg/d),另一组接受 6 天/周的 LPD(提供 0.8 g/kg/d)。
正常蛋白质饮食方案时,平均 15 项老年抑郁量表(GDS-15)(2.0±0.6)和贝克抑郁量表(BDI)(4.1±1.0)显著升高至(6.7±1.6)和(12.2±1.4),分别在 LPD 7/7 后(P<0.05 与正常蛋白质饮食)。然而,在 LPD 6/7 后,GDS-15 和 BDI 的平均评分分别显著下降至(4.4±1.5)和(6.7±1.6)(P<0.05 与 LPD 7/7)。
LPD 6/7 方案可显著减轻年轻 2 型糖尿病患者的抑郁症状。