Pattern of depression among patients in a Nigerian family practice population

A Case Control Study of Subjective Quality of Life in Outpatients with Depression

“…Eighteen percent had no formal education as 15.5% only, had attained primary education. This conforms to the findings of Afolabi et al [42]. They found that most of the subjects they studied had one form of tertiary education (36.0%) or the other, 21.6% had no formal education while 21.2% had primary and secondary education each.…”

Assessment of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Depression among Adults in Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center, South West Ethiopia

“…Although major depression may develop at any age, the average age of onset is 15 to 19 years in females and 25 to 29 years for males with the average age of onset steadily decreasing over past decades [1,13]. According to study conducted using data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey Being young (aged 12 to 24 years), being divorced, separated, or widowed and having low family income level were positively associated with depression [14].…”

“…Secondary symptoms include significant appetite change, weight loss, or both, sleep disturbance, psychomotor agitation or retardation, fatigue or energy loss, feelings of worthlessness or guilt, attention or concentration difficulties, and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide. Of these diagnostic symptoms, dysphonic mood, appetite and sleep change, and thoughts of death are most common, while loss of interest in activities and psychomotor change appear to be less common [1].…”

“…The first three symptoms mentioned above are known to be cardinal symptoms of depression in which presence of at least two of them for duration of at least two weeks indicate depression [1][2][3].…”

Depression among general outpatients: A cross sectional study at Yobe State Specialist Hospital, Damaturu, North East Nigeria

“…Possible reason for the higher prevalence rate in this study could be due to the ongoing insurgency in the region where people live in constant fear and many have lost their loved ones and properties. Other studies conducted in other parts of the country where there are no crises have however reported higher prevalence rates between 59% and 77% using other instruments 10,16 . These discrepancies of prevalence rates might be due to variation in attributes of study participants, use of different psychometric scale, study design, setting, time frame and level of regional development of the country.…”