Prevalence of depression among patients with tuberculosis at Perundurai TB hospital, Tamilnadu–depression, a comorbidity of TB

Abstract

IntroductionTuberculosis is one of India's major public health problems. According to WHO estimates, India has the world's largest tuberculosis epidemic. Many research studies have shown the effects and concerns revolving around TDR-TB especially in India, where social and economic positions are still in progression.Materials and methodsSeventeen questionnaires were administered to the consented participants regarding the demographic data and awareness, also Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was recorded to analyse the level of depression. The average age was 32.3 years (STD = 12.7), and the age range was from 13 years to 71 years. The data collected was analysed with SPSS 19.ResultsThe patients who were in the intensive phase had a considerably higher depression rate (42%) than the patients who were in the continuous phase (22%). However, the variations were not enough for the statistical significance. The patients with TB only (35%) showed a higher depression rate than the patients with TB/HIV (28%).ConclusionAccording to this study, it can be found that the prevalence of depression was lower for patients who were old, female, college educated, married, and earned the highest, compared with their counterparts. Most of these findings might agree with a general perception that social and financial stabilities would provide a less likelihood of being depressed.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.

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“…3 to 14. It has three categories: poor social support (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8), good social support (9)(10)(11), and strong social support (12)(13)(14). It has been considered that a score greater than or equal to 9 was considered good social support, whereas less than nine was considered poor social support.…”

“…A study in Wolita Sodo, Ethiopia, discovered that 43.4 percent (181) and 41.5 percent (173) of TB patients had depression and anxiety, respectively [7]. Moreover, there are certain factors like poor socioeconomic condition, HIV/AIDS [8], treatment non-adherence [9], perceived stigma [10], poor social support [11], substance use [9], being female [12], comorbid chronic illness [13], phase of treatment [14], family history of mental illness [15], sputum smear at time of diagnosis [16], were significantly associated with anxiety and depression in patients with TB.…”