The Prevalence of Depression of Outpatients in the Departments of Internal and Chinese Traditional Medicine in General Hospitals / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To describe the prevalence of depression of internal and Chinese traditional medicine outpatient departments in different levels of general hospitals in Shenyang.Methods:Stratified multi-stage cluster randomization was used to identify 23 general hospitals for investigation, a total 7448 outpatients above 15 years of age in internal and Chinese traditional medicine outpatient departments have been investigated.Investigator used expanded version of General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) as a screen instrument to identify subgroups of the sample at high, moderate and low risk, then psychiatrists determined their diagnosis by using structured clinical interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders-Patient Edition(SCID-I/P) for 100% of high-risk and 40% of moderate-risk and 10% of low-risk subjects.Results:At the internal department, the overall current rate of any depressive disorders was 11.01%(95%CI 10.05%-12.06%), and at the Chinese tradition medicine department, the overall current rate of any depression was higher (16.22%, 95%CI 13.23%-19.87%).Conclusion:The prevalence of depression of outpatients in the Chinese tradition medicine departments of general hospitals was higher than that of outpatients in the internal medicine department.We should pay attention to depressive disorder in Chinese tradition medicine department than internal medicine department.