Psycho-Social Depression and Cardiovascular Health; A Study on Risk Factors in Hyderabad, Pakistan

Raza Naseer,Shamoon Noushad,Hisham Ahmed,Muhammad Muneeb,Sanjay Maheshwari,Asad Khatri,Sadaf Owais

doi:10.29052/ijehsr.v1.i2.2013.101-105

Abstract

Cardiovascular health hazards has become one of major life threats in Pakistan, the risks may vary from province to province. Present study aims to find out the role of psycho-social depression & its relation with risks of cardiovascular maladies in city of Hyderabad-Pakistan. A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2012 to February 2013; based on multiple logistic to investigate the relationship between Depression, lifestyle & blood pressure variations. The Study included 174 subjects both males and females gender with age between 18- 25 years. Depression rating scale was used to evaluate type & cause of depression furthermore BMI and blood pressure of each subject were also noted. Our study observed that the intensity of stress is directly related with the disturbed blood pressures. Study also observed that with the increasing BMI the prevalence of depression is high. It is therefore concluded that depression is the major risk factor that will increase the risks of cardiovascular maladies; along with other factors like obesity, psychosocial issues like elevating crime & violence rate could be the major cause of depression in Hyderabad city

Highlights

Over the last decade there has been a marked increase in depression and related psychological disturbances in youth of Pakistan that was investigated in many communities
The overall results summarized that the variations in blood pressure i.e. pre hypotensive or hypertensive values showed that these individuals might be at cardiovascular risk and the relation with the occurrence of psycho social stress has been significant
Our results showed that subjects with minor or mild depression are at higher risk of variations in B.P. findings suggest that this association is not entirely but partially related to predictable risk factors including BMI, psychosocial pressures and level of physical activity

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Introduction

Over the last decade there has been a marked increase in depression and related psychological disturbances in youth of Pakistan that was investigated in many communities. This study investigated the relationship of depressive symptoms, social support, and a range of personal health behaviors in youngsters. Depressive symptoms and psychosocial burden associations can be a link with lack of physical activity, BMI, irregular sleep hours, smoking, low social support etc. The risk of having vascular problem can be directly related to level of depression (Gurven, 2012 & Goldston, 2008). Cardiovascular diseases are a major global health problem reaching epidemic proportions in Low and middle income countries, including Pakistan, that contribute significantly to the global burden of cardiovascular disease (Jafar, 2003), High risks of cardiovascular disease have been reported in South Asian populations(Shahid, 2009), regardless of whether they live overseas or in their native countries It is speculated that high risk behaviors

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