Instituto de Neurociencias, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Departamento de Psicología. Facultad de Marketing, Universidad Ecotec, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
BMC Psychol. 2023 Feb 15;11(1):46. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01072-y.
Depression is inadequately recognized and managed, and physicians' attitudes toward this condition and its treatment may play a part in this. This study aimed to assess Ecuadorian physicians' attitudes toward depression.
This was a cross-sectional study conducted using the validated Revised Depression Attitude Questionnaire (R-DAQ). The questionnaire was delivered to Ecuadorian physicians, and the response rate was 88.8%.
76.4% of participants had never received previous training in depression, and 52.1% of them indicated neutral or limited professional confidence when dealing with depressed patients. More than two-thirds of the participants reported an optimistic attitude toward the generalist perspective of depression.
Overall, physicians in Ecuador's healthcare settings were optimistic and held positive attitudes toward patients with depression. However, a lack of confidence in the management of depression and a need for ongoing training were found, especially among medical professionals who are not in daily contact with patients with depression.
抑郁症未得到充分识别和治疗，而医生对这种疾病及其治疗的态度可能对此有一定影响。本研究旨在评估厄瓜多尔医生对抑郁症的态度。
这是一项横断面研究，使用经过验证的修订版抑郁态度问卷（R-DAQ）进行。向厄瓜多尔医生发放问卷，应答率为 88.8%。
76.4%的参与者从未接受过抑郁症方面的前期培训，52.1%的医生在处理抑郁患者时表示持中立或有限的专业信心。超过三分之二的参与者对抑郁症的通科视角持乐观态度。
总体而言，厄瓜多尔医疗环境中的医生对抑郁症患者持乐观和积极的态度。然而，研究发现他们对抑郁症的管理缺乏信心，需要持续培训，特别是那些与抑郁症患者没有日常接触的医疗专业人员。
