Amna Rehana Siddiqui1,2, Sarah Mahasin3, Roa Alsajjan3, Marwah Hassounah2, Zeinah Alhalees4, Norah AlSaif5, Fahad D Alosaimi6, AlJohara AlQuaiz1,2. 1. 1 Princess Nora Chair for Women's Health Research, Research Chairs Program, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2. 2 Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 3. 3 King Khalid Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 4. 4 King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 5. 5 King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 6. 6 Department of Psychiatry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Depression literacy in general population constitutes an ability to understand depression, with knowledge of disease, its risk factors and symptoms. High levels of depression literacy promote early intervention, potentially reducing related disability. AIM: This study investigated the depression literacy in women visitors to clinics of a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. METHODS: Women of 18 and more years were surveyed during their visit to primary and other healthcare clinics of a public hospital in Riyadh. Knowledge on depression symptoms, causes and management approaches identified depression literate women scoring more than 30 points on a 42-item tool. RESULTS: Of the 409 participants, 65.5% were depression literate, 50% educated as college and above, 64.3% married, 50.7% housewives, 62.4% reported use of multiple information sources (range, 0-8) and had a mean age of 34.9 (standard deviation ( SD), 12.4) years. In a logistic regression model, participants scoring less than 30 for depression literacy were significantly associated with women having less than college-level education, divorced marital status and use of decreasing number of learning resources. CONCLUSION: Women with low education divorced; using fewer information sources need specific considerations by healthcare providers for assessment of depressive disorders in this setting.
BACKGROUND:Depression literacy in general population constitutes an ability to understand depression, with knowledge of disease, its risk factors and symptoms. High levels of depression literacy promote early intervention, potentially reducing related disability. AIM: This study investigated the depression literacy in women visitors to clinics of a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. METHODS:Women of 18 and more years were surveyed during their visit to primary and other healthcare clinics of a public hospital in Riyadh. Knowledge on depression symptoms, causes and management approaches identified depression literate women scoring more than 30 points on a 42-item tool. RESULTS: Of the 409 participants, 65.5% were depression literate, 50% educated as college and above, 64.3% married, 50.7% housewives, 62.4% reported use of multiple information sources (range, 0-8) and had a mean age of 34.9 (standard deviation ( SD), 12.4) years. In a logistic regression model, participants scoring less than 30 for depression literacy were significantly associated with women having less than college-level education, divorced marital status and use of decreasing number of learning resources. CONCLUSION:Women with low education divorced; using fewer information sources need specific considerations by healthcare providers for assessment of depressive disorders in this setting.
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Depression; divorced; education; literacy; women
Authors: Fahad D Alosaimi; Deemah A AlAteeq; Sarah I Bin Hussain; Riham S Alhenaki; Abdullah A Bin Salamah; Noor Adnan AlModihesh Journal: Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat Date: 2019-09-27 Impact factor: 2.570