Depression Associated With Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

Mohit Samaria; Aashish Kumar Singh; Nalin Joshi

Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2019

Depression Associated With Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

Mohit Samaria, Aashish Kumar Singh, Nalin Joshi

Abstract :

Background:- Both depression and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are global public health problems with substantial impact on human health. Material & Methods:-A hospital based cross sectional study was conducted between May 2017 to April 2018 in Department of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan. The demographic details and predisposing factors of 90 newly diagnosed MDR-TB cases were noted. Results:- Total 90 cases were included in this study. Among these 59(65.6%) cases had depression out of which 30(50.9%) had mild depression, 19(32.2%) had moderate depression and 10(16.9%) had moderately severe depression. Conclusion:- Younger age, female gender, low weight, low BMI and unmarried status were associated and independent risk factors of depression