Depression among adult patients with primary brain tumour: a cross-sectional study of risk factors in a low-middle-income country.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The prevalence of depression among patients with primary brain tumour ranges from 15% to 40% globally. Several individual and clinical factors contribute to the development of depression. However, their association with depression in Pakistani setting has not yet been assessed. Thus, we aim to study the factors associated with depression among adult patients with primary brain tumour at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.

Study design

A prospective cross-sectional study.

Setting

This study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan.

Participants

This study included 132 patients with confirmed diagnosis of primary brain tumour (initially diagnosed on MRI of the brain with contrast and later confirmed on histology of surgi

SUBMITTER: Pidani AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7482499 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature