BASELINE SOCIAL SUPPORT AND INTERFERON INDUCED DEPRESSION INHEPATITIS C PATIENTS

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Salma Andleeb
Sabeen Rahim
Sharifullah Jan

Keywords

Baseline Social Support, Hepatitis C, Interferon alpha therapy, Depression

Abstract

Main objective of the current research was to examine the effect of  baseline social support as a risk factor on the subsequent development of interferon induced depression in hepatitis C patients. The sample consisted of N=59 female patients ranging in 31 to 64 years of age (M, 55.62, SD, 06.25) being diagnosed and scheduled for interferon treatment were selected from different hospitals of Peshawar. As an analytic approach the Interrupted Time Series Design was used. The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, D.G, Dahlem, Zimet, S.G & Farley, 1988) was used to classify participants into low and high scorers. To measure depression in patients before, during, and after end of the therapy, the Siddiqui Shah Depression Scale (Siddiqui, & Shah, 1997) was administered. Findings demonstrated that social support before the therapy had significant effect on reducing the levels of depression in hepatitis C patients before, during and after end of the treatment. The data support hypotheses and conclude that at baseline low level of social support is one of the major risk factor for subsequent development of depression during the course of interferon treatment. The findings have important implications in clinical settings by suggesting an utmost of systematic screening at baseline of the risk factors fundamental for effective interferon treatment and for welfare of patients and neuropsychiatric safety of the treatment.

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