Prevalence of Depression among patients of Covid-19, Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)

Abstract

Objective: To find out the prevalence of depression among patients of COVID-19, Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Coronary Artery Disease.

Study Design: Cross sectional, convenient sampling technique, a non randomised study.

Place and duration of study: Indoor/Outdoor follow up cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Coronary Artery Disease in the medical and cardiology departments as well as the recovered outdoor cases of COVID-19 in Combined Military Hospital and Army Cardiac Centre Lahore were selected for the study. Research was carried out from 1^st Jan to 31^st Mar 2021.

Methodology: 30 patients each of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Coronary Artery Disease and recovered COVID-19 patients were enrolled in the study. After obtaining the informed consent, data was collected using specially designed demographic form and depression severity was evaluated using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-21) Urdu Version.

Results: Mean age of the patients was 42.73 years, 15 participants were females and 75 were males. The results revealed that the Depression was significantly high among CAD (18.70 ± 53 Depression, p= .000***) and TB (10.57± 38 Depression, p= .01**) as compared to COVID-19 disease (5.79 ± 18 Depression) and there was statistically no significant difference between the TB and CAD disease (p= .113).

Conclusion: On the basis of these findings it is concluded that the patients of Coronary Artery Disease have highest prevalence of depression as compared to Tuberculosis followed by COVID-19 and a prompt liaison with mental health services should be taken into consideration for better management of these patients.

Keywords: Depression, COVID-19, Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Prevalence.