Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 7

Effect of Depression on Treatment Outcome in Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients Under Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB Services in Amritsar, Punjab

1Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Sri Amritsar

2MD Chest and TB, District TB Officer, Amritsar

3Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Sri Amritsar

Abstract

Depression and Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are worldwide public health problems with an immense impact on human health. Depression leads to poor health seeking behaviour and poor compliance which leads to unfavourable treatment outcomes.

This cross-sectional study was conducted on all MDR-TB patients who were registered and being treated under PMDT services in Amritsar district from 1st April 2014 to 31st March 2015. The prevalence of depression and its effect on the treatment outcome was determined. Data management and analysis was done by using Microsoft excel and SPSS.

Out of 87 MDR-TB patients, 57 (65.5%) were males and 30 (34.4%) were females. Depression was significantly associated with the unfavourable treatment outcomes.

On statistical analysis, it was observed that 50.6% of the patients were depressed and unfavourable outcome was significantly associated with depression (p=0.005) in MDR-TB patients.

Keywords

MDR-TB, Depression, Treatment outcomes, Socio-demographic factors