The prevalence of anxiety and depression, measured objectively, in patients diagnosed to have asthma and COPD attending a teaching hospital

Recruiting

• Conditions: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified, (2) ICD-10 Condition: J459||Other and unspecified asthma,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2021/04/032490
• Lead Sponsor: Indian council of medical research ICMR

Brief Summary

***It is found that there is an increased incidence of Anxiety and Depression in patients with Obstructive Airway Diseases, as compared to general population. But prevalence of the issue as well as number of studies relating to it is very less in developing countries such as India.***

***My study pose to estimate the prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in diagnosed Asthma and COPD patients objectively using Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) scales respectively, and the data will be analysed statistically.***

***The level of asthma and COPD will be assessed by the consultant pulmonologist using Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines respectively.***

***The Anxiety and Depression score obtained from GAD-7 and PHQ-9 scales respectively will be assessed along with the levels of Asthma and COPD obtained from GINA and GOLD guidelines and relation between the two will be statistically analysed.***

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-02-04
• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Open to Recruitment
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 77

Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosed asthma and COPD male and female patients above 18 years of age was included.

Exclusion Criteria

Uncooperative patients and patients below 18 years of age were excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The prevalence of anxiety and depression in diagnosed asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease(COPD) patients attending a respiratory medicine out patient department (OPD) of a developing country	2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Association between severity of anxiety and depression with levels of asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease(COPD) in diagnosed patients	3 Months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College Hospital; 🇮🇳 Ernakulam, KERALA, India

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College Hospital

🇮🇳Ernakulam, KERALA, India

Bhadra Sajeev Nair

Principal investigator

9061700569

bhadranair718@gmail.com