THE ASSOCIATED FACTORS TO DEPRESSION RECOVERY AT TRAKAN PHUET PHON HOSPITAL, UBONRATCHATHANI PROVINCE
Keywords:
Depressive Disorder, Recovery, Family relationship, Loss to follow upAbstract
This retrospective descriptive study aims to determine the associated factors with depression recovery. The samples of the study were the depressive patients which were diagnosed and treated with antidepressant drugs at Trakan phuet phon hospital between 2019-2021. The nine-item depression Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to detect the outcome of recovery or remission, and relapse of depression. Data was collected by the interview questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, Chi-square test. The study result showed that the total of depressive patients was 148. 64.86% of participants were female. The mean age of the entire sample was 53.37 years (SD 0.92). 81.08% of participants were married, 60.81% had received primary school education, and 73.03% had a caregiver. The mean duration of treatment was 14.74 months (SD 0.67). The treatment outcome of depressive patients found that 60.14% were in recovery, 20.95% were relapse, and 18.92% were in remission. The factors included age, family relationships, participation in community activities and loss to follow-up associated with depression recovery with statistical significance at p-value 0.01.
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