Prevalência de sintomas depressivos entre pacientes internados num Hospital Universitário

Abstract

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms (DS) and associated factors in inpatients at a University Hospital and the frequency of consultation liaison psychiatry (LP). Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in March/2016, with 87 patients hospitalized in the clinical and surgical wards at the University Hospital (Sergipe/BR), through two instruments: 1) Structured Questionnaire prepared by the authors; 2) Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Data analysis through descriptive and analytical statistics with final step of logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of DS were 54% (95%CI), of which 24% correspond to moderate and severe symptoms, and only 3.4% of the patients had a consultation LP. In Logistic Regression, the only factor associated with DS was the reason for hospitalization. Clinical causes (87.2%) were 9.24 times more likely to develop DS than surgical causes. Conclusion: The frequency of LP was very low, which is in contrast with the high prevalence of DS indicating underreporting of the cases.