Depression among people with chronic skin disease at Boru Meda Hospital in Northeast Ethiopia

Yasin Nurye; Minale Tareke; Meseret Tadesse; Maregu Shegaw; Tesfa Mekonen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282022

Depression among people with chronic skin disease at Boru Meda Hospital in Northeast Ethiopia

PLoS One. 2023 Feb 24;18(2):e0282022. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282022. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Yasin Nurye¹, Minale Tareke², Meseret Tadesse², Maregu Shegaw³, Tesfa Mekonen^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Boru Meda General Hospital, Dessie, Ethiopia.
² Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
³ Department of Psychiatry, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
⁴ School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
⁵ National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Abstract

Background: The comorbidity of depression with chronic skin disease negatively affects the quality of life and disease prognosis, creating an immense burden on patients, families, and the wider community. However, there are limited studies conducted on the prevalence of depression and associated factors among people with chronic skin disease in Ethiopia.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of depression among people with chronic skin disease at Boru Meda Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia.

Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was carried out from March 10- April 18, 2021, among a total of 381 people with chronic skin disease. The Patient Health Questioner-9 was used to assess depression. A logistic regression analysis model with an adjusted odds ratio was used to assess the strength of associations between the outcome and predictor variables. P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Result: The magnitude of depression among people with chronic skin disease was 23.6% (95%Cl: 19.8%, 28.6%). We identified significantly increased odds of depression among participants with rural residence (AOR = 3.45, 95% CI: 1.64, 7.28), duration of illness above 5 years (AOR = 3.59, 95% CI: 1.31, 9.85), comorbid medical illness AOR = 2.51, 95% CI: 1.06, 5.98), family history of mental illness (AOR = 3.39, 95% CI: 1.11, 10.41), non-adherence to chronic skin disease medications (AOR = 3.53, 95% CI: 1.20, 10.41), low self-image (AOR = 4.69, 95% CI: 2.25, 9.77), and perceived stigma (AOR = 4.61, 95% CI: 2.14, 9.92).

Conclusion: Depression was common among patients with chronic skin diseases. This study has indicated a need for proper screening of depression in the current medical treatment of patients with chronic skin disease in Boru Meda Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia.

Copyright: © 2023 Nurye et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression* / epidemiology
Ethiopia / epidemiology
Hospitals
Humans
Prevalence
Quality of Life
Skin Diseases*

Grants and funding

This study was funded by Bahir Dar University. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.