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c) Behavioural And Psychological Factors
 
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AU : Purohit DR, Purohit SD & Dhariwal
TI : Incidence of depression in hospitalized tuberculosis patients.
SO : INDIAN J TB 1978, 25, 147-151.
DT : Per
AB :

A study was undertaken to know the frequency of depression in hospitalized TB patients, its relation to various socio-cultural factors, duration and severity of the illness. Ninety-six proven male cases of pulmonary TB admitted in S.R.B.B.Y.A. Sadan, Bari, Udaipur from July-September 1975 were selected for the study. A structured psychiatric interview of these cases was done by a psychiatrist and the Hindi version of the Self-rating Depression Scale (S.D.S.) of Zung (1965) was administered. The raw scores obtained were converted into the S.D.S. index by a conversion chart as developed by Zung and his criteria were used for diagnosing the depression. Those patients who had a previous history of any psychiatric illness before developing pulmonary TB and patients developing psychiatric illness other than depression were excluded from the study. The minimum and maximum age limit was 21 and 59 years respectively. Of the 96 cases having pulmonary TB, 52 (54.17%) were found to be suffering from depression. The incidence of depression was higher in illiterates (65.4%) and farmers (84.7%). Depression was positively correlated with the duration and severity of pulmonary TB.

KEYWORDS: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIO-CULTURAL; INDIA.
 
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