Association between Melasma Depression and Anxiety a Cross-Sectional Study in MMC Hospital Mardan, Pakistan

Introduction: Melasma impacts the psychological and emotional well-being of patients. It hurts patients' quality of life. Melasma is associated with significant depression and anxiety. More studies with larger sample sizes are needed to find psychiatric morbidity in melasma patients. Aim and Objective: The study's objective was to determine the incidence of depression in melasma patients, let alone correlate. A Cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Medical & Psychiatry Unit at MMC Hospital Mardan, Pakistan, To determine the frequency of Melasma in patients. Settings and Design: The Department of Medical Unit, MMC Hospital, Mardan, Pakistan, duration of study 6 months from 1/09/2021 to 03/3/2022, collaborated on this analysis. The study included all melasma patients who visited a Medical OPD during the study period. Methods and Material: The institutional ethics committee approved the study protocol. A specially designed Sociodemographic Performa clinical profile sheet was used to interview patients. Patients who refused to give their consent or who were already receiving depression treatment were excluded from the study. Statistical analysis: Data Performa were stored and analyzed in SPSS version 24. Mean + SD were calculated for quantitative variables like age, height, weight, BMI, and duration of symptoms. Results: Out of 223 patients, 200 were females, and 23 were males among the 223 patients. The average age of the participants in the study was 30.12 years. The illness lasted an average of 24 months. Thirty percent of the patients were depressed. Anxiety was present in 34.2 percent of the patients. Only one patient had severe anxiety, and most of the patients had mild to moderate anxiety. Age, education, and marital status were statistically significant associations with depression, while age, gender, and marital status were statistically significant associations with anxiety. Conclusions: Patients with Melasma are more likely to .............