| Author, year, country | #Total; #Female (%) | Participant age | Number of depression (%) | Diabetes assessment | Depression assessment |
| Bener et al., 2012, Qatar | 1660; 893 female (53.8%) | Females mean age was 35.8 | 23.4% of women with depressive symptoms had DM | Self-reported DM type 2, a file the clinic, and HbA1c at the clinic | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), HADS-A measured anxiety and HADS-D measured depression. |
| Hawamdeh et al., 2013, UAE | 182; 182 female (100%) | 71.5% were 18 - 39 | 64 (76.9%) of women who had DM had mild, borderline or moderate, severe or extreme depression | AbA1c | Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) |
| Al Hayek et al., 2013, KSA | 101; 33 female (33%) | Mean age was 57.3 | Baseline depression in the total population of patients with DM: 19.3% | Previous clinical diagnosis | Arabic measure of the K6 depression and anxiety screening tool |
| Sulaiman et al., 2010, UAE | 347; 227 female (65.4%) | Mean age was 53.2 | 12.5% of patients obtained a score of 19 or above on the K6 | previous diagnosis, chart review, FBS and AC1 | Arabic measure of the K6 depression and anxiety screening tool |
| Sweileh et al., 2014 Palestine | 246; 164 female (67%) | Median age was 60 | 164 women, 77 (47%) had a BDI-II | self-reported diabetes type 2, clinic file, and HbA1c | Beck Depressions Inventory (BDI-II) |
| Al-Amer et al., 2011, Jordan | 649; 581, T2DM (89.5%) 367 female (56.5%) | Mean age was 57.3 | 20.1% of T2DM patients and 23.4% female diabetic obtained a score of 10 or above on the PHQ-8 | previous diagnosis, chart review, and HbA1c | Patients’ Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) |
| Bensbaa et al., 2014 | N = 142 65.5% were women | Average age was 56.26 ± 9 years | 93 women (T2DM) Prevalence of depression is 33.1 n = 31 | Clinical records | The Moroccan-Arabic version of the Beck diagnostic scale of depression |
| ElMahalli, 2015, KSA | N = 269 Female 54.2% | Average age 53.19 ± 10.7 | 58.2% 82 women out of 141 | Previous diagnosis, chart review, and HbA1c | The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-S) |
| Gemeay, 2015, KSA | N = 100 (62.1% is the female percentage who have T2DM) | Average age was 58.6 | 66% (22) | Previous diagnosis, chart review, and HbA1c | Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) A 21-item screening questionnaire comprising 13 cognitive, and 8 somatic questions used to screen for depression |