Open AccessPrevalence and Severity of Depression in a Pakistani Population with at least One Major Chronic Disease
Author(s) -
Ansab Godil,
Muhammad Saad Ali Mallick,
Arsalan Majeed Adam,
Amna Haq,
Akash Khetpal,
Razna Afzal,
Maliha Salim,
Naureen Shahid
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/27519.10329
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , asthma , diabetes mellitus , logistic regression , odds ratio , population , atypical depression , cross sectional study , demography , environmental health , sociology , economics , macroeconomics , endocrinology , appetite , pathology
Diabetes, anaemia, hypertension and asthma are major contributors to morbidity in our society. Depression is the commonest psychological malady diagnosed in hospital settings. There tends to be some overlap between certain chronic systemic illnesses and depressive disorders, this point towards the need to determine relationships between them, if any.