Peeraphon Lueboonthavatchai. Relationship between interpersonal problem areas and depressive disorders in Thai depressed patients : a matched case-control study. Master's Degree(Health Development). Chulalongkorn University. Center of Academic Resources. : Chulalongkorn University, 2007.
Relationship between interpersonal problem areas and depressive disorders in Thai depressed patients : a matched case-control study
Abstract:
Objectives: To identify the interpersonal problem areas related to depressive disorders in Thai depressed patients. Four interpersonal problem areas include grief, interpersonal role disputes, role transitions, and interpersonal deficits. Setting: King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Design: Analytic, matched case-control study 1:1 Subjects and method: The 90 pairs (matched by gender and age) of the depressed and the non-depressed subjects, age above 18 years old, from the Department of Psychiatry, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, were recruited into the study during July December 2007. The inclusion criteria for the depressed subjects were new cases of depression (within 6 months) and scores of at least 8 points of Thai Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (Thai HRSD); the non-depressed subjects: the scores of less than 8 points of Thai HRSD. All subjects completed two questionnaires; 1) Demographic data form, and 2) Thai Interpersonal Questionnaire. The association between interpersonal problem areas and depressive disorders were analyzed by McNemars chi-square test. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The strength of association was reported by using odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (95%CI). Conditional logistic regression was performed to identify the predictors of depressive disorders. Results: Most of subjects were young and middle-aged female, living in Bangkok and central region. All four interpersonal problem areas were associated with depressive disorders (p<0.01) in the following strength of association: grief (OR = 7.25, 95%CI = 2.55-28.38), interpersonal role disputes (OR = 4.30, 95%CI = 2.13-9.60), role transitions (OR = 15.00, 95%CI = 5.56-56.84), and interpersonal deficits (OR = 9.00, 95%CI = 3.58-29.05). All four interpersonal problem areas were predictors of depressive disorders in Thai depressed patients (p<0.05). Conclusion: All four interpersonal problem areas were associated with depressive disorders in Thai depressed patients.