Results: The prevalence of depression in this study was 16.8%.Factors found to be associated with depression included beingfemale, having a low level of education, receiving reduced familysupport, having little physical activity, failing to follow a diabeticdiet, frequent inactivity, and having insufficient sleep. Therewereno significant differences in the physiological indicators betweenthe depressive and nondepressive groups. After controlling forconfounding factors, a logistic regression model showed thatdepression status was associated with a lack of sleep (OR =2.85, p G .001), less frequent exercise (OR = 2.67, p G .001), andfrequent inactivity (OR = 2.35, p = .001).