Rate of anxiety & depression in cases of bronchial asthma

Aim: to determine the rate of anxiety and depression in cases of bronchial asthma. methods: this cross-sectional and observational study conducted at department of medicines,ch. rehmat ali memorial teaching hospital,lahore and khairpur medical college hospital,khairpur from 1st january 2016 to 30th june 2016. hospital anxiety and depression scale (hads) was used to assess anxiety and depression. results: mean age of the patients was 45.6±7.4 years. anxiety was noted in 155 (77.5%) patients and depression was noted in 126(63%) patients. insignificant (p = 0.4159,0.6292) association of anxiety and depression with gender was noted. association of anxiety with area of residence was significant (p=0.001). highly significant (p=0.001,0.001) association of education status with anxiety and depression was found. conclusion: results of this study showed high rates of anxiety and depression in asthmatics. male or female asthmatics can equally be a victim of anxiety and depression. rural residents and un-educated asthmatics had higher rate of anxiety and depression as compare to urban residents and educated asthmatics.