SUNIL SRIVASTAVA, MD., Psychiatrist, Agra Mansik Arogyashala, Agra.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2000 Apr;42(2):184-7.
The study was undertaken to find out correlation, if any, between severity of depression and suicidal intent communication and its relation to age, marital status, duration of iilness, previous admission in a psychiatric hospital in patients of depression diagnosed using criteria of ICD-IX category codes F31.3, F31.4, F31.5, F32 and F33. Sample consisted of 30 patients from the OPD of Agra Mansik Arogyashala. The Hamilton Rating Scale for depression was used to measure severity of depression and suicidal intent questionnaire was used to assess suicidal intent communication. A positive correlation between severity of depression, being married, being male, being employed, being ex-mental hospital patient, duration of illness being more than one month and age being less than or equal to 35 years was found. Further research in this area is required.
本研究旨在探讨抑郁严重程度、自杀意念表达及其与年龄、婚姻状况、病程、既往精神科住院史之间的相关性，研究对象为符合 ICD-IX 分类代码 F31.3、F31.4、F31.5、F32 和 F33 标准的 30 名门诊抑郁症患者。采用汉密尔顿抑郁量表评估抑郁严重程度，自杀意念问卷评估自杀意念表达。研究发现，抑郁严重程度与已婚、男性、就业、曾住院治疗、病程超过 1 个月、年龄小于或等于 35 岁呈正相关。需要进一步在该领域开展研究。
