Estudio de los síndromes depresivos en el área de clínica y cirugía del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso de la ciudad de Cuenca, en el período de Agosto de 1997 a Enero de 1998

Abstract

This study was conducted in order to determine depressive syndromes in patients in the areas of clinical and surgery Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital of Cuenca, during the months of August 1997 to January 1998. A total was chosen 100 patients and a structural interview based on the criteria of the DSM IV clinical evaluation at 24 hrs was applied. income, which will give us a respueta of whether or not depressive syndrome; to patients with this entity were followed by Hamilton test he was applied after 72 hrs. and at the time of discharge, we determined this scale the degree of depression in which the patient is. Analyzed the results obtained whereas there is a high prevalence of major depression, affecting more often to patients in the clinical area, having regard to the increased length of hospital stay. A minority had interconsulatas to psychiatry and psychiatric drugs consumption figures reached 30 percent preferably benzodiazepines. This indicates that there is no interaction between psychiatry and other medical specialties.