Psychiatry C Department, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University Hospital Hedi Chaker, Sfax, Tunisia.
Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Community Ment Health J. 2019 Jan;55(1):137-143. doi: 10.1007/s10597-018-0335-8. Epub 2018 Sep 19.
Under-diagnosed and under-treated, depression has a pejorative prognosis. The general practitioners (GP) represent the most often consulted healthcare professionals by depressed patients. The aim was to describe how the Tunisian GPs manage the depressed patients and to note the difficulties they encounter in order to suggest corrective measures. A survey was conducted among 140 GPs in Sfax Governorate. The percentage of the GPs whose responses conformed to the scientific data in at least 67% of the items was 31.4%. Four factors were correlated to a good management of depression: age (p = 0.028), masculine gender (p = 0.016), long career (p = 0.034) and participation to continuous medical education sessions on depression (p = 0.01). Our study revealed inadequacies in the management of depression by the GPs. GPs were invited to sensitizing meetings. A training on depression was assured for the future internship supervisors by the commission of medicine of family in the Faculty of Medicine of Sfax.
被低估和治疗不足的抑郁症预后较差。全科医生是抑郁症患者最常咨询的医疗保健专业人员。目的是描述突尼斯全科医生如何治疗抑郁症患者，并注意他们在治疗过程中遇到的困难，以便提出纠正措施。在斯法克斯省进行了一项针对 140 名全科医生的调查。至少有 67%的项目的回答符合科学数据的全科医生比例为 31.4%。有四个因素与抑郁的良好管理相关：年龄（p=0.028）、男性性别（p=0.016）、长职业生涯（p=0.034）和参加抑郁症继续教育课程（p=0.01）。我们的研究显示，全科医生在管理抑郁症方面存在不足。邀请全科医生参加提高认识会议。斯法克斯医学院家庭医学委员会为未来的实习导师提供了抑郁症培训。
