scholarly journals DEPRESSION;

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
pp. 319-323
Author(s):  
SAEED AKHTAR ◽  
Bushra AKRAM ◽  
AZRA YASMEEN
Keyword(s):  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Moderate Depression ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Behavioural Sciences ◽  
Hamilton Rating Scale

Objective: Prevalence of Depression in patients presenting with Alcohol and Drug addiction. Place & duration of study: Thestudy was conducted in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences, Bahawal Victoria Hospital & Quaid-e-Azam Medical College,Bahawalpur from March, 2009 to May, 2009. Subjects & methods: The sample consisted of 50 in-patients (Male 46, Female 4) with Alcohol &Drug addiction. They were interviewed and results were analysed from the entries in a Performa and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression.Results: Majority of the patients were male (92%), age group majority (74%) were between 21-40 years. Depression was found in 23(46%)patients, 14(28%) had severe depression and 9(18%) had mild to moderate depression. Conclusions: Significant numbers of patients ofalcohol and drug addiction have depression as co-morbidity, which can have important implications in the aetiology and prognosis. So everypatient seeking treatment for alcohol and drug addiction should be assessed for depression and we should develop a protocol to treatdepression in these patients.

scholarly journals DEPRESSION IN DISSOCIATIVE (CONVERSION) DISORDER PATIENTS;

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (02) ◽  
pp. 272-278
Author(s):  
SAEED AKHTAR ◽  
ASIA MANZOOR, ◽  
AZRA YASMEEN
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Conversion Disorder ◽  
Behavioural Science ◽  
Moderate Depression ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Hamilton Rating Scale

Objective: Prevalence of depression in Dissociative (Conversion) disorder Patients. Place and Duration of Study: Thestudy was conducted in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Science / Bahawal Victoria Hospital & Quaid-e-Azam MedicalCollege, Bahawalpur, from February 2012 to May 2012. Subjects and Methods: The sample consisted of 100 consecutive in patients(Female 84, Male 16) of Dissociative (Conversion) disorder. They were interviewed and results were analyzed from the entries in aPerforma and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. Results: Majority of the patients were female (84%), uneducated (54%) andunmarried (60%). Mean age of our patients was 21.84±7.29 years. Depression was found in 76% of patients. Out of 76 depressedpatients had moderate depression, 24 had severe depression. Conclusions: Our study collaborates that depression was present in highproportion in patients with dissociative (conversion) disorder, which shows that co-morbid depression should not be over looked in thesepatients. It is recommended that every patient presenting with dissociative (Conversion) disorder should be assessed for co-morbiddepression and should be managed accordingly.

scholarly journals A Cross Sectional Study Of The Prevalence Of Depression Among The Male Post-Graduate Medical Students Of Gauhati Medical College And Hospital, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Heemanshu Shekhar Gogoi
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Common Mental Disorder ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Mild Depression ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Graduate Medical ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression

Background: Depression is defined according to the WHO as a common mental disorder, characterized by sadness, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, feelings of tiredness, and poor concentration. One-fourth to one-third of the post-graduate medical trainees and residents develop clinical depression at some point in their training period although much higher rates were reported in some other studies. Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of depression along with its different degrees among the male post-graduate students in Gauhati Medical College and Hospital. Material and method: This study was performed on 120 male post-graduate medical students according to inclusion and exclusion criterias. The ‘Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D)’ was used for evaluating depression. Result: The prevalence of depression among the male post-graduate medical students is 37% (mild depression-16%, moderate depression-14%, severe depression-7% and lastly very severe depression -0%) in Gauhati Medical College and Hospital. Conclusion: This study shows that the male post-graduate medical students are suffering from psychological distress which is leading them into depression. This issue should be properly addressed because of its possible impact on quality of health care services in teaching hospitals and on training outcome.

scholarly journals Is depression a concern among medical students: a cross sectional study in different academic years of a private medical college in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 3177
Author(s):  
Farzana Hamid ◽  
Syed Ahmad Moosa ◽  
Syed Moosa M.A. Quaium ◽  
A. K. Fazlul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Major Depression ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
North East ◽  
Moderate Depression ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression

Background: Depression is not uncommon among medical students all over the world. Few studies have been conducted so far in Bangladesh to depict its actual prevalence and severity. So, the aim of this study was to assess the severity of depression and the level of difficulty faced by medical students in different academic years.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in North East medical college of Bangladesh from January 2018 to June 2018 involving 443 students from 1st year to 5th year. Students were instructed to fill up the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) which incorporates diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV) depression diagnostic criteria categorized as no, mild, moderate, moderately severe, and severe depression and also evaluates their level of function.Results: The prevalence of depression was quite high (79.68%). 196 (44.24%) and 157 (35.44%) students had mild and major depression respectively, while 90 (20.32%) showed no depression. Students with major depression were scored as moderate depression 24.38%, moderately severe depression 8.35%, and severe depression 2.71%. Moderate depression was significantly higher in year 1 and year 2 students in comparison to year 3, 4 and 5. Students from year 1 to year 5 with mild, moderate, moderately severe and severe depression experienced varying degree of difficulty in their daily activities. Almost all the students in all years with severe depression found themselves very difficult or extremely difficult to cope.Conclusions: High prevalence of depression among medical students is really alarming and underlying factors need to be addressed.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Depression Among Post-Graduate Medical Trainees: A Multi-Centre Survey

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Zaman ◽  
MA Rahim ◽  
AH Khan ◽  
SH Habib ◽  
MM Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Mild Depression ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Graduate Medical ◽  
Medical Trainees ◽  
Moderate Depression ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression

Objectives: To describe the prevalence of depression among post-graduate medical students and to evaluate some related risk factors. Methodology: This cross-sectional survey was done in three post-graduate medical teaching institutes in Dhaka, Bangladesh in February 2013. A preformed questionnaire including some demographic, socio-economic and work related variables was used for the purpose and depression was diagnosed and severity assessed by using Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D). Results: A total of 100 post-graduate medical trainees were given a preformed questionnaire. Among them 53 students filled it up properly and sent back in given time (response rate was 53%). Mean age of the respondents was 31.6 years, male and females were almost equally distributed. Depression was present in 21 (39.6%) respondents. Among them 17 (80.9%) had mild depression and 4 (19.1%) had moderate depression. None of the respondents had severe or very severe depression. Increased age, low income, marital status, living away from family, smoking, long working hours and inadequate time for study appeared as important risk factors. Conclusion: Two-fifth of post-graduate medical trainees suffered from mild to moderate depression. This issue should be properly addressed because of its possible impact on training outcome. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v4i1.18548 Birdem Med J 2014; 4(1): 18-21

Studies of Depressive Symptoms in Schizophrenia

1981 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. W. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Depressive Illness ◽  
Extrapyramidal Side Effects ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenics ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Depot Neuroleptic ◽  
Depot Injections ◽  
Higher Doses ◽  
Hamilton Rating Scale

SummaryDepression assessed by clinical examination and Hamilton rating scale was found in half of 37 untreated new acute schizophrenics, and in about a third of chronic schizophrenics who relapsed whether treated with depot injections (89) or not (79). A significant part of depressive illness in schizophrenics is thus not drug-related. However, depression was commoner in those on higher doses of depot neuroleptic (P <.05) or who showed extrapyramidal side effects (P <.001), suggesting that drugs can play a part. Patients maintained in remission on moderate doses of depot drug had the lowest prevalence of depression.

scholarly journals Relationship between depression and socio-demographic and illness characteristics in arsenicosis population of Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Mohammad Saiful Islam ◽  
Fahmida Akter ◽  
Shamima Parvin Lasker
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Moderate Depression ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

A community based cross-sectional study was carried out by a self-structured questionnaire on 168 participants aged between 18 and 60 years at two arsenic prone area of Bangladesh to determine the association between extent of depression and socio-demographic as well as illness characteristics in arsenicosis population. The mean age ± SD was 42 ± 10.15 years. Female respondents were almost twice (63.1%) than the males (36.9%) in this study. Most of the respondents (94.0%) were shallow tube well water user. Among them most (80.0%) of the respondents were detected as arsenic contaminated water consumer over more than six months. Study estimated that almost half (44.3%) of the participants had suffered from mild to moderate depression in the moderate arsenicosis group. Less than quarter (20.8%) participants suffered severe depression in severe arsenicosis group. Quarter (26.7%) had mild arsenicosis with no depression. This difference was not significant. Gender had significant influence on proportion of level of depression. Females significantly suffered more from depressive symptoms than males. More than two third of the female respondents suffered from some kind of depressive symptoms; where less than one third of the males were suffered from depressive symptoms. Age has no significant relation with depression. Respondents who were 48 years and above age group had highest percentages of severe depressive symptoms (35.8%). This age group also suffered from highest percentage of mild to moderate depression (37.1%). Though most of the respondent (85.1) had no diabetes and hypertension. Respondents with physical illness suffered more from some sorts of depression than those without illness, but the result is not statistically significant. We understood that depression has health challenges in adult arsenicosis patients. Therefore, physicians should take account depression in their treatment management when deal with arsenicosis patients.

scholarly journals A study on prevalence of depression in patients of vitiligo in tertiary care centre in South India

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Sneha R. Rathi ◽  
Ambresh S. Badad ◽  
Ashok S. Hogade
Keyword(s):  
South India ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Mild Depression ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Skin is an organ that has a primary function in tactile receptivity and reacts directly upon emotional stimuli. The effects on the quality of life as a result of acquiring vitiligo is highlighted.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> 100 patients with vitiligo were included in this study. A survey was done on the basis of Hamilton score of depression (HAM-D) having 17 different points that were supposed to be asked.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> The majority of the patients in this study were in 3<sup>rd</sup> to 5<sup>th </sup>decade. Mean age is 42 years. Of these, males were 44 and females were 56. Of these, 25 (25%) patients did not show any signs of depression, 45 (45%) patients showed mild depression, 20 (20%) patients showed moderate depression and 10 (10%) patients showed severe depression on HAM-D scale.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Vitiligo is a secondary psychocutaneous disorder which definitely has psychiatric co morbidity inthe form of depression. Treatment of vitiligo should include psychiatric counselling along with specific treatment.</p>

Clinical features and co-morbidity of social phobics in Turkey

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.G. Gökalp ◽  
R. Tükel ◽  
D. Solmaz ◽  
T. Demir ◽  
E. Kiziltan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Clinical Interview ◽  
Avoidant Personality Disorder ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Axis I ◽  
Hamilton Rating Scale

The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical features and frequency and importance of related co-morbid disorders of social phobia in a clinical sample. Eighty-seven patients meeting DSM-III-R diagnostic criteria for social phobia were studied. All patients were assessed by using a semi-structured socio-demographic form, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R, Manual for the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders, Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression and Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety. Sixty-eight (78.2%) of the group were male, 19 (21.8%) were female. The ages varied between 16–58 years, with a mean of 26.2 years (SD = 8.5). Fifty-one point seven percent of the subjects were assessed as having a co-morbid axis I disorder, of which 12.6% consisted of panic disorder and 10.3% agoraphobia. An additional axis II disorder had been found in 67.8% of the subjects, and 54.0% of them had been diagnosed as having avoidant personality disorder. The frequency of co-morbid disorders in our social phobic sample is lower than most of the studies in the literature. The interface between social phobia and avoidant personality disorder needs to be studied and discussed further.

scholarly journals Depression and Associated Factors Among the Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Rwanda

1970 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine MUKESHIMANA ◽  
And Geldine CHIRONDA
Keyword(s):  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
District Hospitals ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Patients With Diabetes

Background: Various studies have found a greater prevalence of depression among patients having one or more chronic non communicable disease like diabetes mellitus than in the general population. This co-morbidity is linked with serious health consequences such as high mortality and morbidity, debility, low quality of life and increased health costs. The aim was to determine the prevalence of depression among patients with diabetes attending three selected district hospitals in Rwanda. Sociodemographic factors associated with depression were also explored.Methods: It was a descriptive cross sectional study. A sample of 385 was selected randomly to participate in the study and 339 complete the questionnaires making a response rate of 88%. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) was used to screen depression. Descriptive and inferential analysis were done.Results: The majority of respondents 83.8% (n=284) had depression. Among them 17.9% (n=61) had moderately severe to severe depression while 81.9% (n=223) had minimal to moderate depression. A statistically significant association was found between age and depression (p=0.01) also between gender and depression (p=0.02). Significance was determined at P<0.05.Conclusion: we found a high prevalence of depression among patients with diabetes. The regular screening of depression among these patients is recommended. 

scholarly journals PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION IN MEDICAL STUDENTS AT RAWAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, ISLAMABAD

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-47
Author(s):  
Uzma Hassan ◽  
Naila Azam ◽  
Ayesha Farooq ◽  
Najm US Saqib Khan
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Common Mental Disorder ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Medical Institute ◽  
Mild Depression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Moderate Depression ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression

Background: Depression is a common mental disorder, a reason of disability and can lead to suicidal tendency. It is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, causing more than 350 million, all age people suffering from depression. Medical Institute is a stressful and competitive atmosphere so the medical students have to make a lot of personal and social sacrifice to retain respectable educational grades. This pressure may result in an extensive range of psychological ailments like depression, tension and anxiety. Objective: To determine the prevalence of depression in medical students at Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted over six months using the non-probability convenience method of sampling. Total 100 students from different classes of 1st to 5th year MBBS were included. A close ended questionnaire was used by interview method and response was noted against thirteen study variables related to symptoms of depression. The prevalence of depression in students was calculated based on the ICD-10 criteria; according to which they were categorized as "no depression" having less than four symptoms, "mild depression" having four symptoms, "moderate depression" having four to six symptoms and "severe depression" having seven or more symptoms. Results: Out of 100 students 55% students were suffering from depression: among which 15 % were having mild depression, 23 % had moderate depression and 17 % had severe depression. It was more common among female students, residing in hostels. Conclusion: The results depicted that there is high prevalence of depression in medical students, more among female students. This study sets an important groundwork for more elaborate and extensive future studies. It is recommended that the Institutes should have comprehensive educational programs, regarding preventive measures about mental health syndromes, and implementation of rehabilitative approaches in this regard.

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