Incidence of Depression Among Chronic Heart Failure Patients Presented at Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract

Objective: To determines the incidence of depression in patients presenting with chronic heart failure at tertiary care Hospital. Materials and methods: This study was descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at Punjab institute of cardiology Lahore during six months from September 2018 to April 2019. Patients were of chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (<40%) on echocardiography and either of the gender were included in the study. Cases were assessed for depression according to Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Depression subscale of HADS Questionnaire with score more than 11 was used to diagnose depression. Data was collected via study proforma. Results: Mean age of included heart failure patients was 58±11.26 years. Out of all 62% were males and 38% were female. Out of all 57% cases were found with depression while 43% cases didn’t had depression. Incidence of depression was found statistically insignificant according to age, gender, duration of disease and socioeconomic status, p-values were quite insignificant. Conclusion: Incidence of depression was observed to be higher among patients presented with chronic heart failure. Key word: Depression, chronic heart failure