Depression among inpatients at Hospital of Transportation in 2021 and associated factors

Objectives: To describe the depression situation and determine the associated factors of depression among inpatients at Hospital of Transportation. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in December, 2021 with 170 inpatients at Hospital of Transportation using whole sampling techniques. Study information was obtained via the prepared administered questionnaire. The data was entered and analyzed in SPSS version 22.0. Results: The proportion of depression among study subjects was 37.6%, of which 21.1% was the rate of borderline abnormal cases, and 16.5% was of abnormal cases. The depression was found significantly associated with gender, occupation and alcohol consumption. Female inpatients were 2.1 times more likely to experience depression than male (OR = 2.1; CI95%: 1.1 – 4.2; p<0.05). Inpatients who are government officials/businessmen were only 0.44 times more likely to suffer from depression than inpatients who are farmer/self-employed/retired/housewife/no job (OR =0.44; CI95%: 0.2 – 0.9; p<0.05. Inpatients who use alcohol were only 0.43 times more likely to have depression than inpatients who do not use alcohol (OR = 0.43; CI95%: 0.1-0.99, p < 0.05). Conclusions: The study strongly suggested an in-depth investigation to explore the vital identification of the potential risk factors in mental health disorders among patients in the hospital such as acohol consumption, disease situation, duration of disease treatment etc. Also, screening and early detection of cases with signs of depression in order to develop appropriate and effective supportive measures, counseling, and treatment interventions