Comparison of Frequency of Depression Among Patients and Their Healthy Attendants at Medical Out-Patient Department of Civil Hospital Karachi

Authors

  • Sarah Fatima Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - Pakistan.
  • Tahira Zubair Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - Pakistan.
  • Syada Sahab Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - Pakistan.
  • Suneel Veerwani Dow Institute of Radiology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Kanwal Mohanlal Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - Pakistan.
  • Bader Faiyaz Zuberi Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - Pakistan.
  • Talat Sultana Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - Pakistan.
  • Urooj Ahmed Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - Pakistan.
  • Junaid Ahmed Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - Pakistan.

Keywords:

Depression, DSM-IV, Outpatients

Abstract

Objective:

To determine frequency of depression in patients and their healthy attendants at medical OPD of Civil Hospital Karachi.
Patients &Methods:

Patients attending medical OPD were administered DSM-IV questionnaire comparative observational. Equal number of healthy attendants with the patients were selected as control. Diagnosis of depression was made if DSM-IV score of = 5 was present. Frequencies of depression were compared with control. Two groups were analyzed basis of gender, marital status, education and occupation.

Results:

During the study, 236 patients and equal number of controls were included. The mean DSM-IV score was significantly higher in patient group (3.8/Standard Deviation?) as compared with control group (1.6/ Standard Deviation?). The number of depressed subjects in control group was 19 (8.1%) and that in patient group was 99 (41.9%), the difference was statistically significant (x2 test; p value <0.001). No difference in frequency of depression was found on basis of marital status but significant differences were found on the basis of gender, education and occupation.
Conclusion:

Significant numbers of patients attending the medical OPD were depressed

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Published

2011-12-28

How to Cite

Fatima, S., Zubair, T. ., Sahab, S., Veerwani, S., Mohanlal, K., Zuberi, B. F., Sultana, T., Ahmed , U., & Ahmed , J. (2011). Comparison of Frequency of Depression Among Patients and Their Healthy Attendants at Medical Out-Patient Department of Civil Hospital Karachi. Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences (JDUHS), 5(3), 122–125. Retrieved from https://mail.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1491

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3

Section

Original Articles

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Copyright (c) 2021 Sarah Fatima, Tahira Zubair, Syada Sahab, Suneel Veerwani, Kanwal Mohanlal, Bader Faiyaz Zuberi, Talat Sultana, Urooj Ahmed , Junaid Ahmed

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