The study was designed to assess the co
morbidity of
anxiety and
depressive disorders in the
patients suffering from various hepatic
diseases and to examine the split up of
patients as per age,
gender,
marital status,
family type, residence,
occupation,
income and type of hepatic
disease diagnosis. Cross sectional study. The study was conduced from September 2007 to November 2007 in
liver center DHQ
hospital Faisalabad. 102
patients with different hepatic
diseases participated in it through purposive convenient sampling
technique. To
diagnose the
patients with
anxiety and
depression, the diagnostic criteria of
DSM IV TR were employed while demographic variables were recorded on a demographic sheet. Results showed that
anxiety and
depressive disorders were found 88.2% co morbid in all hepatic
patients. These
psychiatric disorders were more frequently found in
urban areas [57.63%
anxiety and 37.3%
depression] where as it was lesser in
joint families [45.94%
anxiety and 32.43%
depression] and service personals [42.11%
anxiety and 26.32%
depression]. The proportion of the
patients diagnosed with
depression was higher in
females and
elderly, while it was lower in educated class. As the Psychiatric co
morbidity especially
anxiety and
depressive disorders in
patients suffering from hepatic disorders is so frequent hence the doctors dealing with such
patients should be better trained in assessment and management of these disorders