Alanazi Abdulaziz, Alsharif Saad, Alzahrani Ziyad, Alanazi Ahmed
Family Medicine, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Jun;11(6):2442-2447. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2083_21. Epub 2022 Jun 30.
Depression is a mood disease that affects the energy, behavior, and mood of individuals. Depression is associated with an increased risk of chronic disease. Primary healthcare physicians play an important role in the diagnosis and management of depression. We aim to determine the knowledge of primary healthcare physicians on depression.
This is an observational cross-sectional study that was conducted on primary healthcare physicians using a structured validated questionnaire. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 22 edition.
This study included 235 primary healthcare physicians, and the mean ± standard deviation of age was 29 ± 3 years. Males were predominant in the study (62%), and the large majority were residents (94.9%). There were 79.5%, 91.5%, and 27.8% who had good knowledge, a positive attitude, and a good practice, respectively. There was no factor found to affect the knowledge and attitude, whereas only the position of participants was significantly associated with the level of practice (P = 0.027).
There were good knowledge and a positive attitude of primary healthcare physicians regarding depression; however, their practice was poor.
抑郁症是一种影响个体精力、行为和情绪的情绪疾病。抑郁症与慢性病风险增加有关。基层医疗医生在抑郁症的诊断和管理中发挥着重要作用。我们旨在确定基层医疗医生对抑郁症的了解程度。
这是一项采用结构化有效问卷对基层医疗医生进行的观察性横断面研究。使用SPSS 22版进行统计分析。
本研究纳入了235名基层医疗医生,年龄的均值±标准差为29±3岁。男性在研究中占主导(62%),绝大多数是住院医生(94.9%)。分别有79.5%、91.5%和27.8%的医生具备良好的知识、积极的态度和良好的实践能力。未发现有因素影响知识和态度,而仅参与者的职位与实践水平显著相关(P = 0.027)。
基层医疗医生对抑郁症有良好的知识和积极的态度;然而,他们的实践能力较差。