Prevalencia de depresión entre pacientes hospitalizados en el área de medicina interna en el Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil IESS Los Ceibos periodo 2024.

Abstract

Introduction: The World Health Organization describes depression as a common mental disorder, mainly characterized by a depressed mood and lack of pleasure or interest in almost all activities, present in around 3,8% of the population, and affected by social and economic factors, as well as comorbidities or hospital admission. The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence of depression among patients hospitalized in the area of internal medicine at the “Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil IESS Los Ceibos” period 2024. Materials and methods: An observational, descriptive and analytical, prospective and cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 303 hospitalized patients. The PHQ-9 questionnaire was applied and the data were collected in an Excel and SPSS spreadsheet to be analyzed based on frequency, percentage, and association tests. Results: 155 patients with depression were found, 51.15% of the total, with 96 patients with mild depression, 47 with moderate depression, 11 with moderately severe depression, and 1 with severe depression. Other variables such as sex, age, days of hospitalization, and comorbidities were not found to be significant based on analysis using chi-square or Pearson correlation coefficient, with p values >0.05. Conclusions: There is a high frequency of depression in patients hospitalized in the service, with a predominance of mild depression, similar among patients with different characteristics.