Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on mental health of patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) in tertiary care centre Mumbai
Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry
; 36(SUPPL 1):S142, 2021.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1767675
ABSTRACT
Background &Objective:
Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDRTB) and depression act synergistically that magnify the burden of disease. The present study aims to understand the differences in depression scale using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) over the time during the COVID-19 pandemic which may cause mental and psychological changes in the patients with MDRTB.Method:
A total of 155 treatment naive adults and adolescents MDRTB are enrolled in an ongoing cohort. Each participant completes PHQ-9 to assess depression at baseline, 2 weeks, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 18, 24 months of treatment and post treatment 6 and 12 months. Differences in the PHQ9 scores for visits before COVID-19, during 1st lockdown, in unlock phase and 2nd lockdown were assessed by Chi-squared test and t-test and p<0.05 were considered statistically significant.Results:
Out of 155 participants with median age of 27 years' 102 (65.8%) were females A significant difference was seen in the overall PHQ-9 scores across each time period (p<0.001). Also, significant changes were seen in overall PHQ-9 scores before COVID-19 and 1st lockdown (p<0.001), during unlock phase, 2nd lockdown (p<0.001) and without lockdown and during 1st and 2nd lockdowns (p<0.001). During 1st lockdown and unlock phase (p=0.165), there were no significant differences seen in the PHQ-9 scores.Conclusion:
In this ongoing study, changes in the overall depression scale were significantly associated with COVID-19 lockdown, during unlock phase and 2nd lockdown phase. PHQ-9 screening can be useful for patients who may benefit from additional support and counselling during the treatment during COVID-19 pandemic.
adolescent; adult; cohort analysis; conference abstract; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; counseling; depression; female; human; lockdown; major clinical study; male; mental disease; mental health; multidrug resistant tuberculosis; pandemic; Patient Health Questionnaire 9; tertiary care center
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Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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