Study the Prevalence of Depression in Patients Attending Comprehensive Care Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan
| Autor: | Hira Nain, Faseeha Aman, Mehak Nimra, Tahreem Shahid, Huma Naz, Adeela Amber, Sobia Yousaf |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis business.industry Population Psychological intervention medicine.disease Mental health Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Family medicine Medicine Population study In patient education business Depression (differential diagnoses) |
| Zdroj: | Research and Analysis Journal. 4:1-6 |
| ISSN: | 2589-9228 2589-921X |
| DOI: | 10.18535/raj/v4i09.01 |
| Popis: | Depression is one of the most common neuropsychiatric complications of HIV disease, and this leads to worse HIV-related health outcomes. With 350 million people affected worldwide, rates of depression are roughly two times greater in people living with HIV than in the general population. Objective: Determine prevalence of depression in patients attending Comprehensive Care Centre Shifa international Hospital, Islamabad Design: Descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study. Settings: Shifa international Hospital, Islamabad Comprehensive Care Centre, Methods: This data is from a bigger study ‘prevalence of alcohol use disorders and depression in patients attending Comprehensive Care Centre (CCC). The study population consisted of PLWHA attending the CCC. Two hundred and seventy-two (N=272) participants from CCC attendants were recruited. All consenting male and female aged 18-65 years were interviewed using the researcher’s designed questioner to collect their socio-demographic characteristics. Fully completed questionnaires were entered into excel sheets and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 20. Results: The overall prevalence of depression was 23.8%, with mild depression at 9.7%, moderate depression at 10.4% and severe depression accounting for 3.7%, respectively. Depression was associated with alcohol use (p=0.024). A significant difference between depression and age where depression levels worsens as age advances; respondents in age category of 18-21 years had less or no depression compared to those in the age category of 33 years and above. We found an association between depression and employment. Those laid-off work (1/3), and the retired (15%) had more depression compared to the employed (11%) or self-employed 6%, with a P value of 0.55 (borderline). On multivariate analysis severity of depression (OR=5.5, 95% CI of OR [2.1 –14.3], p |
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