The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Major Depressive Episode in the Surgical Inpatients at a University Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand
Sirirat Kooptiwoot MD1, Panlapat Noithi MD1, Panate Pukrittayakamee MD1, Sunanta Chantakarn MD1
Affiliation : 1 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand
Objective : To determine the prevalence and associated factors of major depressive episode in the surgical wards inpatients at
a university hospital in Thailand.
Materials and Methods : The present study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Participants were 174 inpatients who
were admitted to the surgical wards during January and November 2015. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics
were collected. The patients were assessed for depressive symptoms by using the Thai version of the Two-question
screening for depression and Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, Thai version [MINI] modules for Major
Depressive Episode and Suicide ideality.
Results : The prevalence of major depressive episodes in the surgical inpatients was 5.7%. Associated factors of depression
were psychoactive drugs use (adjusted OR 9.63, 95% CI 1.27 to 72.99) and diagnosis in certain infectious and parasitic
diseases (adjusted OR 21.38, 95% CI 1.60 to 285.26).
Conclusion : The prevalence of depression at 5.7% in surgical inpatients was higher than that in the general Thai population.
The associated factors of depression were psychoactive drug use and diagnosis of certain infectious and parasitic diseases.
Keywords : Prevalence, Depression, Associated factors, Surgical wards, Inpatients
