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Open AccessPoster presentationDepressed patients demographic characteristics referring to psychiatric of Ardabil Fatemi hospitalMansooreh Karimollahi* and Masoomeh Aghamohammadi

Address: Medical Sciences University, Ardabil, Iran

* Corresponding author

BackgroundDepression is the most common psychologic disorderthat exists among 35–40 percent of people referring todoctor. Attentive to effect of demographic factors in prev-alence and incidence of depressive disorders, recognitionof high risk groups for depressive disease will be usefulcertainly. The aim of this study was to determinedepressed patients demographic characteristics referringto psychiatric clinc of Fatemi hospital in Ardabil.

Materials and methodsIn this retrospective descriptive study, 120 records ofpatient having to depressive disorder referring to psychiat-ric clinic of Ardabil Fatemi hospital were studied and withusing flosheet chart, demographic characteristics ofpatients were extraction of their records and were ana-lyzed by SPSS software. Frequency tables were used in thisanalysis.

ResultsThe findings indicated that between depressed patients51/66 % were female, 80% married, 59/16% had 1–4baby and 36/66% had underdiploma education, 38/33%were housekeeper, 81/66% lived in city, 68/34% were inthe age 24–45 and 43/34% had anxious personalitybefore disease.

DiscussionThe recognition demographic characteristics help us indiagnosis of high risk groups of depressive disorder and asa result prevention of that.

from International Society on Brain and Behaviour: 2nd International Congress on Brain and BehaviourThessaloniki, Greece. 17–20 November 2005

Published: 28 February 2006

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