Abstract

The present study aimed to detect the relationship between the disorder of the body image and the feeling of depression in a sample of diabetic patients, the sample of the study consisted of (96) diabetic patients in King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Buraidah in Al-Qassim region(46 males, 50 females), according to them The results of the study showed a significant correlation between body image disorder and the feeling of depression, the results also showed that females are more disturbed than males in the image of the body and they are more depressed than Males, also found significant differences Between the mean scores of the study sample (males - females) of diabetics on the body image disorder scale and depression list due to the age difference among the study sample.