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[Attitude of general practitioners towards depressive disorders in the city of Douala in Cameroon].

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  • المؤلفون: Toguem MG;Toguem MG; Christian E; Christian E; Fotso JD; Fotso JD
  • المصدر:
    The Pan African medical journal [Pan Afr Med J] 2019 Sep 17; Vol. 34, pp. 37. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 17 (Print Publication: 2019).
  • نوع النشر :
    Journal Article
  • اللغة:
    French
  • معلومة اضافية
    • Transliterated Title:
      Le comportement des médecins généralistes de la ville de Douala au Cameroun face aux troubles dépressifs.
    • المصدر:
      Publisher: African Field Epidemiology Network Country of Publication: Uganda NLM ID: 101517926 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1937-8688 (Electronic) NLM ISO Abbreviation: Pan Afr Med J Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: Kampala, Uganda : African Field Epidemiology Network
    • الموضوع:
      Attitude of Health Personnel*; Depressive Disorder/*therapy ; General Practitioners/*statistics & numerical data; Cameroon ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Depressive Disorder/diagnosis ; Depressive Disorder/epidemiology ; Health Care Surveys ; Humans ; Prevalence
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Introduction: In Cameroon, there is medical scepticism and negligence towards patients with mental disorders. Objective assessment might be the solution. Depressive disorders are the most common form of mental disorders and Douala has the second largest group of general practitioners in the country. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the attitude of general practitioners of Douala towards patients with depressive disorders.
      Method: We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study of general outpatient services from February to June 2017. We asked 3 patients of each general practitioner enrolled in the study to fill the Patient Health Questionnaire version-9 (HQP-9) to assess if they were depressed. During each consultation, we filled a clinical information form to know whether the general practitioner had diagnosed a depressive disorder and, if so, which treatment he had adopted. Finally, we administered to general practitioner a questionnaire to know their challenges of treating depression.
      Results: The prevalence of depressive disorders in general practice consultations was estimated to be 32.5% in the city of Douala and the rate of diagnoses made by general practitioners was 1.92%. Diagnosed patients only received some.
      Conclusion: Despite the low interest in depressive disorders, in Cameroon they are a public health problem due to their frequency and to depression-related morbi-mortality.
      Competing Interests: Les auteurs ne déclarent aucun conflit d'intérêts.
      (© Michaël Guy Toguem et al.)
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Diagnostic capacity; depression; general practitioner; obstacles; practices
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20191206 Date Completed: 20191225 Latest Revision: 20220411
    • الموضوع:
      20240829
    • الرقم المعرف:
      PMC6876894
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.11604/pamj.2019.34.37.16715
    • الرقم المعرف:
      31803341