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- Title
The Prevalence of Depression among Health Care Workers in Kerbala and Babylon/Iraq 2020.
- Authors
Al-Ali, Basheer Akeel
- Abstract
Background: Depression is a health problem of epidemic dimension; one of the most common mental disorders affecting more than 300 million people worldwide. Depression is characterized by a wide variation of symptoms including abnormal and persisting affective changes associated with sadness, feelings of worthlessness, guilt and hopelessness, pessimistic, suicidal, self - harm thoughts, impaired capacity to perform everyday tasks and functions, and hypochondriasis. Objectives: To measure the prevalence of depression among health workers in hospitals and primary health care centers in Kerbala governorate. Subjects and methods: A cross sectional study, the study population was consisted of 300 Health Care Worker. The data was collected with a questionnaire consisting of socio-demographic variables screened for depression by a standardized scale Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Results: The prevalence of depression among health care worker was 85%. Further categorization of depression into grades revealed that mild depression prevalence was (36.3%), moderate (31%) and severe (17.7%). The prevalence rate of depression was significantly higher among females (87.2%) than males (81.8%), while no significant difference was found between the two governorates or between rural and urban residents. Conclusion: The prevalence of depression among Health Care Workers was remarkably high. There was a significant association between gender and depression. The highest prevalent types of depression were mild, followed by moderate depression.
- Subjects
BABYLON (Extinct city); MEDICAL personnel; SADNESS; COMMUNITY health workers; CITY dwellers; MENTAL depression; PRIMARY health care
- Publication
Kerbala Jorunal of Medicine, 2021, Vol 14, Issue 1, p2432
- ISSN
1990-5483
- Publication type
Article