Incidence of Depression amongst Hypertensive Patients- A cross sectional study
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Medical and Dental Sciences Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 8
Abstract
Background: A variety of studies that are done indicate that symptoms of anxiety are basically the psychological factors that are associated with the occurrence of hypertension. Even though there is much of association between depression and hypertension, not many studies have been conducted to determine the exact prevalence. The aim of the present study is to determine prevalence of depression amongst hypertensive patients reporting to the hospital. Materials and methods: This present cross sectional study was conducted in the Department of General Medicine during a period of 8 months (June 2015- February, 2016). In this study patients diagnosed with hypertension who were above the age of 25 years were included the study. Patient’s demographic data like age, gender and socioeconomic status was filled in a predesigned performa. Height and weight of the individuals were noted and their BMI was calculated. BMI of less than 25 Kg/m2 was considered normal and more than 29.9 Kg/m2 were considered obese. Beck Depression inventory was used for the estimation of depression. All the data obtained was arranged in a tabulated form and analysed using SPSS software. Data was expressed as frequency and percentage. Chi square test was used for analysis. P value of less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results: In this study a total of 300 subjects were enrolled. The mean age of the participants was 37.54 +/- 5.33 years. In our study there were 55% males and 45% females. Out of males, 10.3% (n=17) had depression and out of females, 19.3% (n= 26) had depression. There were 85 subjects who belonged to upper class, 128 belonged to middle class and 87 to lower class. In upper class 15.3% subjects had depression, 11.7% in middle class had depression. Conclusion: From the above study we can conclude that hypertension is generally associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms. In our study there were 10.3% males and 19.3% females who were hypertensive and had undiagnosed depression
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Rajesh Kumar Khare, Pulak Raj
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