Primary Health-Care Physicians Attitude toward Depression in Primary Health-Care Centers Saudi Arabia - Al-Ahsa, 2018
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 8
Abstract
Background: Depression is one of the most common mental problems worldwide, 350 million people estimated to be affected by depression. Early recognition and management of depression is valuable, attitude of physicians can be a cornerstone in this process. This is the first study in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, examining attitude of primary health-care (PHC) physicians attitude toward depression. Methodology: A cross-sectional study conducted in Al-Ahsa with a target population of 237 doctors who are working in 70 PHC centers in three PHC sectors. A random stratified sample of the target population approached using the validated revised depression attitude questionnaire. Results: Of 237 targeted population, 168 (70.8%) responded to the questionnaire. Majority of the respondents were agreed with that antidepressant therapy (83.3%) and psychotherapy (79.8%) are effective in the treatment of depression. Few of them (18.5%) were agreed with that the depression is not amenable to change. Board certified and master degree holders were significantly having higher depression attitude than MBBS, and diploma qualified in the aspects of professional confidence therapeutic optimism. Respondents whom received training in mental health have better attitude in the aspects of professional confidence. Conclusion: Experience side by side to mental health training during pregraduate or postgraduate years is important, as they affect doctors’ confidence in dealing with the mental health problems, in general, and depression, in particular. Doctors seeing a large number of patients per day tend to have lower scores in attitude to depression.
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Abdullah AlQuwaidhi, Maitham AlSarhan, Hasan AlRofaiae, Qassem AlJabr
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