Open AccessDepression among ambulatory adult patients in a primary care clinic in southeastern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Gabriel Uche Pascal Iloh,
G U Aguocha,
AN Amadi,
Miracle Erinma Chukwuonye
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_107_18
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , psychosocial , logistic regression , ambulatory , epidemiology , public health , stressor , mental health , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics , nursing
Depression is a global health problem that occupies eminent position in clinical and community mental health. As the global prevalence of depression increases, the sociomedical challenges associated with it increase, especially in resource-constrained environment.