Abstract
The real challenge regards depression is the barriers associated with its diagnosis and treatment. These barriers are present due to the stigma associated with depression, as many individuals do not consider depression disease and believe it should not require any medical treatment. To overcome this stigma, there are several depression awareness programs started worldwide to make our population aware of depression. Thus, this was the aim of our study; it was conducted via a questionnaire survey with 300 random subjects. The results showed a significant variation among healthcare professionals vs. non-healthcare professionals. There was no significant difference among gender or age variations.
Highlights
Depression is one of the many major challenges in the healthcare system faced globally affecting 3.8 of the population
An interesting thing to note here is that only 80% of health care professional consider depression as disease compared to 58% of non-healthcare professional, a statically significant finding with p-value of 0.0001. 44% of healthcare professionals had personal experience while 65% have witnessed someone with depression. 94% of the healthcare professionals would consider treating depression with counselling whereas only 60% would consider medication
The percentage of females vs males regards to what depression is, depression is considered as diseases, depression to be treated with medication and depression should be treated with counselling was 95% vs 92%, 68% vs 67%, 56% vs 53% and 96% vs 90% respectively
Summary
Depression is one of the many major challenges in the healthcare system faced globally affecting 3.8 of the population. It affects more than 280 million people worldwide and involves all ages. It is a significant cause of disability and burden on our population [1]. Depression is the fourth leading cause of death in the population aged between 15-29 years old. It affects females more than males [1]
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