Early recognition of depression at diabetes mellitus with the cognitive medical system COMES®

Studies show that diabetes mellitus type 2 can cause depression but it can also be activated by depression. That can be favored by various psycho-social factors as anxiety or stress. With the new telemedical assistance system COMES® an experiment shall be conducted that tries to implement a risk classification by means of data mining algorithms. The classification model on the one hand provides a conclusion regarding the risk of depression at illness of diabetes mellitus and on the other hand expresses the possibility of contracting diabetes mellitus at diagnosis of depression. Additionally, important physiological data for diabetes mellitus and its secondary diseases as blood pressure, weight and activity can be updated with the COMES® system every day. From the gained expertise preventive therapeutic measures can be implemented. Hence, COMES® aims actively to make a contribution to alleviate diabetes mellitus and identify the risk of depression precociously as well as to take antagonizing therapeutic measures.