Open Access<p>Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depression and Anxiety Among Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Attending Treatment at Public Health Facilities in Southwest Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Mustefa Mohammedhussein,
Arefayne Alenko,
Worknesh Tessema,
Almaz Mamaru
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s249431
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , anxiety , pulmonary tuberculosis , tuberculosis , public health , environmental health , family medicine , pediatrics , psychiatry , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Depression and anxiety are the most commonly occurring psychiatric comorbidities among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Co-occurring anxiety and depression in PTB patients result in poor adherence to anti-tuberculosis medication. This in turn results in lower success rate of treatment and an upsurge in morbidity and mortality. Despite this problem existing globally, little has been explored in southwest Ethiopia.