Factors related to stress and depressionin patients who receive gastrointestinal endoscopy servicesat Chamni Hospital, Buriram Province

Abstract

Objective: To study factors related to stress and depression in patients receiving upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Materials and method: A descriptive research design was used to study a purposive sample of 50 patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy at Chamni Hospital, Buriram Province. Data were collected in November 2019 from the hospital’s HosXP program. Measures included a demographics survey tool, the stress assessment
(ST-5), depression screening test (2Q), and depression assessment (9Q). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, percentages, means, standard deviations,and minimum–maximum values. Depending on the level of data, Pearson correlation and Chi-square tests comparedage, gender, occupation, education and underlying disease with levels of stress and depression.
Results: Most patients receiving gastrointestinal endoscopy services were female, 52.30 years old on average,were farmers (90%), graduated from primary school
(86%), and had an underlying disease (22%). The most common underlying disease was asthma. Both stress and depression had very low negative, non-statistically significant relationships with age (r = -0.10, p = 0.48; and r = -0.09, p = 0.54, respectively).
Conclusion: Most of the patients who received gastrointestinal endoscopy were female. The underlying disease is asthma. More patients who receive the endoscopy service are in the working age group. They have more stress and depression than patients who are elderly.