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The effect of sociodemographic factors on anxiety, depression, and perceived social support in patients with internal medicine and surgical problems
Author(s) -
Yüksel Arzu,
BahadirYilmaz Emel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12499
Subject(s) - anxiety , depression (economics) , social support , medicine , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , economics , macroeconomics
Purpose This study aimed to determine the effect of sociodemographic factors on anxiety, depression, and perceived social support in patients with internal medicine and surgical problems. Design and Methods The study comprised 522 patients who were hospitalized at the internal medicine and surgical clinics of the training and research hospital of a university. Findings Of all the patients, 27% were at the risk of anxiety and 51.7% at the risk of depression. Sociodemographic characteristics, health‐related issues, and disease characteristics, besides hospitalization‐related matters, affected anxiety, depression, and social support levels of patients. Practice Implications It was determined that more than half of the patients were at the risk of depression. Perceived social support is essential to reduce the risk of anxiety and depression.