Md AL Fatah Al Adiluzzaman1, Shamim Ahmed2, Mohammad Tanvir Islam3,Jannatul Ferdous4, Jotirmoy Roy5, Md. Abdur Rahim6, Mohammed Atiqur Rahman7,Kaniz Shahali Reza Snigdha8
Abstract:
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has increased several folds in the developing countries and the disease is accompanied with several co-morbidities among which depression is a major one. Still now there is a lack of data regarding the proportion and risk factors of depression among the patients with COPD in Bangladesh. The aim of the study was to assess the proportion of depression and associated risk factors in patients with COPD.