Evaluate the effect of education in the depressive disorder treatment
- Author:
Dang Hoang Hai
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
depressive disorder
- MeSH:
Depressive Disorder;
Therapeutics;
Education
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;505(3):10-12
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Study the effect of treatment for the depressive disorder patients who were Hochiminh city inhabitants in mental consulting room, Mental Hospital. The patients were divided into two groups. The control group included 90 patients and intervention group included143 patients. The results showed that the remission rate reached from 70 to 80% in both groups if these patients take enough medicine. The proportion of patients take medicine over 8 weeks in the intervention group (32.2%) is higher than the control group (17.8%). The remission rate in the intervention group was 61.5%, comparison to 17.8% in the control group. During the period of recurrent prevention, if the patients take enough medicine, the recurrent rate change from 14-22% in both groups in which the proportion of patients take medicine over 4 months in the intervention group was 15.4%; that in the control group was 7.8%. The recurrent rate in the control group was 51.4% and in the intervention group was 31.7%. The treatment for the depressive disorder patients need two periods: treatment for depressive disorder stop (at least for 8 weeks) and treatment for recurrent prevention (at least for 4 months). The basic knowledge should be provided to the patients.
