ABSTRACT
Psychological therapy is very important in musculoskeletal fracture patients for mental support. The study was conducted National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR), Dhaka. 102 participate in this study. Patients with a musculoskeletal disorder are commonly treated by physical therapists; it influences clinically relevant outcomes such as pain and disability but not influence a treated psychological disorder. Psychological therapy is very important relatively to treat of physical therapy. It found that the severity of injury moderate 20%, serious 2.4%, severe 77.1% depression on musculoskeletal fracture, he/she feel sad 41.0%, sad all the time 44.0%, so sad 14.5%, Indicates minimal depression 1.2%, mild depression 12%, moderate depression 81.9%, severe depression 4.8%. It is found that the mean depressed mood of the respondent’s sadness 94.0%, frequent weeping 6.0%, in agitation occasional 7.2%, frequent 92.8%, anxiety no difficulty 1.2%, tension irritability 89.2%, fear 9.6% depression on musculoskeletal fracture. So that the Musculoskeletal fracture in our country is more vulnerable and mental health is not so good.
Keywords: Assessment, Depression, Musculoskeletal fracture, Tertiary referral hospital, and Bangladesh.
Citation: Roy K, Hossain S, Lilon MAA, Yasmin N, Sarkar S, Roy K, Haque A, Jobayer M, Saha B, and Roy RC. (2020). Assessment of depression among musculoskeletal fracture patients in a tertiary referral hospital in Bangladesh, Eur. J. Med. Health Sci., 2(6), 134-144. https://doi.org/10.34104/ejmhs.020.01340144
