Abstract
The aim of this work was to assess the prevalence and risk factors for depression in patients in a somatic hospital in the city of Izhevsk. The study group (94 adult patients) was compiled by the method of continuous sampling. The Russian version of M. I. N. I. 5.0.0 interview, Depression Scale were used for the diagnosis of depression. The prevalence of current depressive disorders was 19,1 %. Depression was more often diagnosed in patients with chronic somatic diseases (47,0 %), women (45 %), widowed or divorced patients (63,6 %), patients with psychological problems in the family (100 %). In patients with acute somatic illness, the current depressive episode correlated with the influence of psychological factors. In 64,2 % of patients with chronic somatic diseases with an identified depressive episode at the time of examination depression had a previous history. None of the patients with identified depression sought medical help or received antidepressant therapy.
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