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Factors Associated with Depression among Heart Failure Patients at Cardiac Follow-Up Clinics in Northwest Ethiopia, 2017: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Prevalence of the depression among heart failure patients in Ethiopia, 2024: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence and associated factors of depression among hypertensive patients in Ethiopia.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
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- The Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety in Heart Failure Patients in Saudi Arabia: An Original Study.Cureus · 2023Article
- Symptom Burden among Hospitalised Older Patients with Heart Failure in Hanoi, Vietnam.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Self-care behavior and associated factors among patients with heart failure in public hospitals of Southeast Ethiopia.The Journal of international medical research · 2022Article
- Factors associated with depression among heart failure patients at selected public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A cross sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- The prevalence of depression, stress and anxiety symptoms in patients with chronic heart failure.International journal of mental health systems · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of nurse-led program on mental health status and quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure.Medicine · 2020Article
- Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression among Diabetes, Hypertension, and Heart Failure Patients at Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia.Behavioural neurology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundDepression is a comorbid disorder in patients with heart failure and it is a major public health problem worldwide. Little is known about the depression among heart failure patients in low-income countries, while, in Ethiopia, none was studied.
objectiveThis study is to assess the prevalence of depression and associated factors among heart failure patients at cardiac follow-up clinics at Amhara Region Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017.
methodsA hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted between March 30, 2017, and May 15, 2017, G.C., by using a systematic random sampling technique to select 422 of 1395 HF patients. Structured interviewer-administered questionnaires and patient card review with a checklist that incorporates the PHQ-9 tool for depression measurement were used. The collected data were checked, coded, and entered into Epi-info version 7 and exported to SPSS version 20. Bivariate logistic regression at p-value <0.2 was exported to multivariate logistic regressions and p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
resultsA total of 403 were included with a response rate of 95.5%. Among the participants, 51.1% had depressive symptoms. Factors associated with depressive symptoms were poor self-care behavior 1.60 [AOR (95% CI=1.01, 2.55)], poor social support 1.90 [AOR (95% CI=1.16, 3.12)], being female 2.70 [AOR (95% CI=1.44, 5.07)], current smoking history 4.96 [AOR (95% CI=1.54, 15.98)], and duration of heart failure (>1 year) 1.64 [AOR (95% CI=1.04, 2.59)].
conclusionsAround half of the patients were depressive. The patients who had poor self-care behavior, were females, had poor social support, had a current history of smoking, and had duration of chronic heart failure >1 year need special attention. Therefore, all referral hospitals need efforts to focus on those problems and target improvements of depressive symptoms.
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