The Role of Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants in Human Disease

Abstract

The rapidly evolving situation has drastically altered people's lives, as well as multiple aspects of the global, public, and private economy. Declines in tourism, aviation, agriculture, and the finance industry owing to the COVID-19 outbreak are reported as massive reductions in both supply and demand aspects of the economy were mandated by governments internationally.To determine the frequency of depression in indoor patients of COVID-19 in Khyber teaching hospital, Peshawar. Study Cross Sectional Study.COVID Isolation Unit, Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar. This study was conducted from 10th June 2021 to 10th December 2021. A total of 148 patients of both gender with COVID-19 infection were included in the study. Basic demographics like age, gender and duration of hospital stay were noted. Data was collected for depression as per operational definition. Age range in this study was from 20 to 80 years with mean age of 44.418±9.64 years and mean duration of hospital stay was 12.114±4.27 days. Male patients were 72.3% and females were 27.7%. Depression was observed in 32.4% patients.The prevalence rates of depression in our study are significantly high than previous studies from various parts of the world.

Keywords: COVID-19 infection, Depression, Frequency