Abstract
Anxiety and depression are co-morbidities that affect symptom control in children with asthma and are often overlooked in busy practice. To find out the proportion of children with asthma who have co-morbid anxiety and depression, to study the association of co-morbid anxiety and depression on symptom control and to study the clinic-sociodemographic factors associated with anxiety and depression in children with asthma. Assuming 13% prevalence of anxiety and depression, with 95% confidence level and 5% absolute precision, a total of 176 children with asthma aged 6 years and above were enrolled from the asthma clinic. Clinical and sociodemographic details were collected for all. Symptom control was assessed using asthma control test questionnaire. Center for epidemiological studies-depression scale for children and screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders was used to assess depression and anxiety, respectively. Association of independent variables with outcome variables was assessed using χ2 . Statistical tests were done using SPSS version 26. Out of the 176 children enrolled, 13.1%, 8%, and 16.5% had anxiety, depression, and combined anxiety and depression, respectively. A higher proportion of children with uncontro...Continue Reading
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