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مدى انتشار الاكتئاب لدى مراجعي عيادة الجهاز الهضمي في مدينة الناصرية 2018 == Extent of depression among gastrointestinal tract symptoms in medical outpatient clinic attendees in Al - Nasiriyah city at 2018
Author name:
ابرار علي حسن
Supervisor name:
احمد حسن حسین | مسلم ناھي سعید
General topic:
Medicine
Specific topic:
Community Medicine
Degree:
Higher Diploma
University:
University of Thi-Qar - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Family And Community Medicine
Language:
English
University location:
Dhi Qar
Key words:
- depression
- Gastrointestinal symptoms
- Prevalence
- Al - Nasiriyah 2018
First pages:
19T1661 - p.pdf
Abstract:
Background : Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions in the general population as well as in clinical practice. In clinical studies, there is a strong relationship between gastrointestinal symptoms and depression and the gastrointestinal symptoms remain for longer time and are more serious than in patients without depression.Objective : To estimate extent of depression in gastrointestinal tract symptoms in medical outpatient clinic attendees.methods : The study was a cross - sectional analytical study for 154 adult population in the Al - Hussein teaching hospital in Nasiriya city ,conducted at first March 2018 and completed at end of September 2018. tools of method was questioner and for diagnosis of depression was used Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ,fourth edition (DSM - IV) criteria. refusal rate was zero and for statistic analysis was used SPSS version 22.Result : The study showed that 43.5 % of subjects with gastrointestinal symptoms suffer from depression. depression found in 40.7% of females and 47.1% of males . 50.0% of depressed patients were in two age groups of 20 - 44 years and ≥ 65 years.Most of depressed patients were suffering constipation (51.3%), change in appetite (51.3%), and change in weight(50.7%), where only change in appetite had significant association with depression, were p - value=0.001. More of depressedsubjects had GI symptoms with one month duration and ≥7 numbers of GIT symptoms. Recommendation : Raising awareness of general population about the depression and relation of that with GIT symptoms
