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A CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH TO ESTIMATE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONG BRONCHIAL ASTHMA PATIENTS

Dr. Rizwan Safdar, Dr. Gulraiz Zahid, Dr. Sana Nasar

Objective: The objective of this research was to assess the depression and anxiety among bronchial asthma patients. Research Methodology: This cross-sectional research was carried out at Mayo Hospital, Lahore from July 2017 to February 2018 on a total of 125 patients of bronchial asthma. These patients were evaluated for depression and anxiety. We did not include any patient with hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Patients gave their informed consent before participation in research and ethical permission was also taken from the ethical review committee. Results: The total population included 125 cases who presented bronchial asthma. The patients were in the age bracket of (20 – 60) years with a mean age of (45.68 ± 7.46) years. In the total population 101 presented anxiety (80.8%) and 24 presented no signs of anxiety (19.2%); whereas, 79 presented depression (63.2%) and 46 did not present depression (36.8%). There was an insignificant association of gender with depression and anxiety (P-Value 0.524 Versus 0.432). There was a significant association between anxiety and residence (P-Value = 0.000); whereas, the insignificant correlation was reported between depression and residence (P-Value 0.190). Conclusion: The outcomes of this research present higher rates of depression and anxiety among the patients of asthma. There was a significant statistical relation to depression and gender. Higher levels of depression and anxiety were present in rural asthma patients than the urban population. Keywords: Asthma, Significant, Psychiatric Disorders, Anxiety, Chronic and Depression

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