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19.09.2018 | Original Paper
The Management of Depressed Patients by the Tunisian General Practitioners: A Critical Trans-sectional Study
verfasst von:
Jihène Ben Thabet, Manel Mâalej, Hana Khemakhem, Sourour Yaich, Wafa Abbes, Sana Omri, Lobna Zouari, Nasreddine Zouari, Jamel Dammak, Nada Charfi, Mohamed Maâlej
Erschienen in:
Community Mental Health Journal
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Ausgabe 1/2019
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Abstract
Under-diagnosed and under-treated, depression has a pejorative prognosis. The general practitioners (GP) represent the most often consulted healthcare professionals by depressed patients. The aim was to describe how the Tunisian GPs manage the depressed patients and to note the difficulties they encounter in order to suggest corrective measures. A survey was conducted among 140 GPs in Sfax Governorate. The percentage of the GPs whose responses conformed to the scientific data in at least 67% of the items was 31.4%. Four factors were correlated to a good management of depression: age (p = 0.028), masculine gender (p = 0.016), long career (p = 0.034) and participation to continuous medical education sessions on depression (p = 0.01). Our study revealed inadequacies in the management of depression by the GPs. GPs were invited to sensitizing meetings. A training on depression was assured for the future internship supervisors by the commission of medicine of family in the Faculty of Medicine of Sfax.