Factors Associated with Depression among Heart Failure Patients at Cardiac Follow-Up Clinics in Northwest Ethiopia, 2017: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Medical related characteristics of the respondents attending cardiac follow-up clinics at Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia, 30 March to 15 May 2017 G.C. (n=403).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent (%)
New York Heart Association class	II	39	9.7
	IV	76	18.9
	Beta-blocker	60	14.9
Types of Medications	Digitalis	53	13.2
	Diuretics	218	54.1
	Ca channel blockers	66	16.4
	No	161	40
Comorbidities	DM	17	4.2
	KD	8	2
	HTN+DM	6	1.5
	HTN+KD	5	1.2
	DM+KD	6	1.5
	Other∗	4	1
Duration of HF	< 1 year	182	45.2
	>1 year	221	54.8
Number of Hospitalizations	No	111	27.5
	Once	181	44.9
	Twice	49	12.2
	Three times	46	11.4
	Four times and above	16	4.0
	Four times and above	16	4.0
	Four times and above	16	4.0

Note: ∗Other- liver diseases.