期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2015
卷号：22
期号：1
页码：152-155
DOI：10.5604/12321966.1141386
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Objective. To measure the intensity of depressive symptoms in the populations residing in rural areas of western Poland,and to delineate the putative association between the intensity of depression and selected socio-demographic and clinicalfactors.Materials and method. The study covered 445 adults recruited from one family physician practice in the rural area ofWielkopolska region. The following tools were applied: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the WHO WHOQoL-Bref qualityof life assessment scale, and a socio-demographic and clinical questionnaire elaborated by the authors.Results. Depressive symptoms were observed in approx. 30% of the patients. The intensity of symptoms correlated with age,female gender, and inversely correlated with the quality of life. There was no association between depressive symptoms andlevel of education (counted as years of education), number of somatic illnesses, and family burden of psychiatric disorders.Conclusion. Symptoms of depression were noted in approx. 30% of patients who consulted their family physician. TheBeck questionnaire is a simple tool whose application could decidedly improve the recognition of depression. It is worthtaking note of factors that may be connected with the intensity of depressive symptoms – gender, the number of diagnosedsomatic illnesses, and the quantity of drugs administered
关键词：depression; rural population; quality of life; Beck Depression Inventory; primary care
