Effects of Self-reported Monitoring Depression of People in Community at Trakan Phuet Phon District, Ubon Ratchathani Province

Abstract

This quasi-experimental study aimed to determine the effects of self-reported monitoring depression of people in community at Trakan Phuet Phon district, Ubon Ratchathani province. A pretest-posttest design was used to collect data from the selected group. Participants self-administered an online two-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) as a measure for screening depression. After 3months of treatment, additional questionnaire were administered for depression screening; the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9), and the eight-question Diagnosis for Suicide (8Q) were used. Data analysis was performed by both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics using Wilcoxon sign-ranked test and Pearson chi-squared test. The results showed that 61.14 percent of the sample were female, the mean age was 52.40±14.79 years. It was found that new case depression decreased significantly (p<0.001) from 34.2 percent to 13.71 percent. There were 4.5 percent of depressed patients (PHQ-9 ≥ 7) who were sent to psychiatric nurses for suicide assessments, and consultation with a psychiatrist for treatment. It was found that after 3 months of treatment, the number of suicide patients decreased significantly (p<0.001) to 5.00 percent (3 patients). Therefore, self-reporting and monitoring of depression increase the efficiency of screening and new case depression findings in a community.