Magnitude and Associated Factors of Depression Among Adult with Chronic Skin Disease in Tertiary Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2023: An institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Globally depression is the leading cause of disability. It is prevalent in middle and low-income countries. Depression is common among people with chronic illness like chronic skin disease. The co-occurrence of depression and chronic skin disease markedly reduce quality of life, increase the morbidity and mortality of skin disease, also it has socioeconomic burden at individual level and at national level. In low-income country including Ethiopia, there is scarcity of information compared to high income country on the burden of depression of chronic skin disease patients.