This descriptive cross-sectional
study was conducted at Cardiology unit, Town
Teaching Hospital, Kabir Medical College,
Peshawar, Pakistan from Jan 1, 2017 to June 30,
2017. It included 200 patients with stable angina.
DSM-5 was used to diagnose depression.
Presence or absence of depression in was
Objective: To determine frequency of depression recorded.
in patients with stable angina in outpatients
department of our institution.
Conclusion: There is a high frequency of
depression in patients with stable angina and
clinicians must screen these patients regularly for
depression. (Rawal Med J 202;45:534-536).
Results: We found that 69.5% with stable angina
were suffering from depression. Female were
more affected than males. Age range 40-60 years
wore more affected.
Javaid Ur Rehman, Asifullah Khattak Asif, Jehangir Ali Shah, Ghazanfer Ali Shah, Mahesh Kumar, Noor Fraz Faraz. (2020) Frequency of depression in patients with stable angina, , Volume 45, Issue 3.
