Study on the epidemiological and clinical features of depressive disorder in the Dong Khe precinct, Hai Phong city
- Author:
Duong Tu Pham
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
depression
- MeSH:
Depressive Disorder;
diagnosis;
epidemiology
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;232(1):64-69
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A study on 2,717 persons in which 159 patients with depressive disorder was carried out. The results have shown that the morbidity rate of depression was 5.8% in which female (68%), male (32%), ages of 30 -39 (37.1%), 40-49 (24%). The common clinical symptoms were: sadness: 60%, loss of interesting: 62.8%, sleep disorder: 99.3%, taste disorder: 94.9%, difficulty of concentration: 80.5%, difficulty of thinking: 76.2%, anxiety for one’s body: 59%, weight loss: 55% and loss of working productivity in male: 86.2% and female: 87%.
