Ghulam Fareed, Akmal Hussain, Moeen Akhtar Malik, Abdul Hayee, Asad Hussain, Ahmed Malik.
Incidence of Depression in cases of Chronic Hepatitis C without Interferon therapy.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;8(1):111-3.

Aim: To assess the prevalence of depression in untreated patients of Hepatitis C. Place and duration of study: The study was conducted in the Department of Medicine, Sheikh Zayed Medical College & Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan, from February 04, 2013 to October 16, 2013. Methods: The sample consisted of 200 patients visiting Outpatient Department (Male 84, Female 116), pre-diagnosed HCV positive, not getting any treatment for Hepatitis C. They were interviewed and results were analyzed from the entries in a Performa and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. Results: Mean age of our patients was 37.82 years. Depression was found in 38% of the patients, 12% patients had mild depression, 20% patients had moderate depression, 4% patients had severe depression and 2% patients had very severe depression. Conclusion: Our study corroborates presence of depression among patients who did not take any treatment for Hepatitis C, showing that depression is also caused by disease process itself.

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