Browsing by Author "Shankar, M. Uma"
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Item Cross sectional study to know prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients(Educational Society for Excellence, 2019) Kesavareddy, Sudharani; K, Manasasowmya; Shankar, M. UmaBackground: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a chronic disease with significant disability. Psychiatric co morbidities like depression anxiety and stress will worsen the situation and affect the course of illness and increase the morbidity, mortality. Aim: To study the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress in COPD patients. Materials and Method: Cross sectional study conducted on 100 patients who were attending Government T.B. and Chest hospital as outpatient and inpatient departments. Study conducted through interview basis with semi structured intake proforma, Depression anxiety stress scale and finally social support assessed with social support questionnaire. Results: Data analyzed using SPSS22. The relation of various factors analyzed using one sample t test. Prevalence of depression anxiety and stress were 48%, 40%, 40% respectively. The age of the patient, duration of the stay in the hospital, duration of illness were significantly associated with depression, anxiety and stress. Conclusion: It is very much needed to assess the depression, anxiety and stress in COPD Patients to improve quality of life in these patients