Psychiatric manifestations and their sociodemographic and clinical correlates in hospitalized patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: A cross-sectional study

Background

Pulmonary tuberculosis imposes a prolonged clinical, social, and economic burden that may be accompaniedby depression and anxiety, yet psychiatric morbidity is often overlooked during routine tuberculosis care. The studydesigned to describe psychiatric manifestations among hospitalized patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and examine theirassociations with selected sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Materials and Methods: This hospital-basedcross-sectional study included 100 adults with pulmonary tuberculosis admitted to the Departments of Medicine and Chestand Tuberculosis at SVS Medical College, Mahabubnagar, India, between October 2014 and October 2016. Participantswere selected purposively after radiographic and/or sputum confirmation. Psychiatric diagnoses were assessed with the MiniInternational Neuropsychiatric Interview Plus, and socioeconomic status with the Sodhi and Sharma schedule. Archivedaggregate tables were harmonized before analysis. Depression and anxiety were examined as binary outcomes using Fisherexact, Fisher-Freeman-Halton, or Pearson chi-square tests as appropriate.