Samara Siddique, Sahira Aaraj, Irfan Haider.
Frequency of Depressive Disorders in patients of Hepatitis C.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):7-9.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the patients with chronic hepatitis C for depression and to compare this with the patients of mild, moderate and severe depression. This study was conducted at Government teaching hospital Shahdhara Lahore, Pakistan from 01.01.2016 to 30.06.2016 in a non- contrived setting and was basing on observations. The mode of data collection was cross-sectional. Data was collected from 200 patients who visited outdoor of the hospital. All patients were divided in to three groups, group-1 (mild depression n=80 ), group-2 (moderate depression, n=72 ) and group-3 (severe depression, n = 40). During statistical analysis one more group was identified with the name group-0, the patients of HCV which were not facing depressive disorders. The analysis was conducted age wise and the frequency and severity of depression was measured with Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS). Frequency of depressive disorders was 4% in group-0, 40% in group-1, 36% in group- 2 and 20% in group-3 with p value < 0.001. Chronic HCV has significant impact on depressive disorders and creates anxiety in patients therefore it must be closely observed and managed during treatment.

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