title: [Prevalence of depression syndrome and its relationship with socioeconomic factors in a population of Valencia City, Carabobo state, Venezuela].
abstract: During the months of April and May of 1985, 3218 individuals were studied, in the city of Valencia, Carabobo State, Venezuela, there were chosen at random out of the population whose ages ranged between 15 years and over. A two parts questionnaire was made consisting on the Self-rating Depression Scale by Zung, and the study of socioeconomic factors of the individuals. Frank depression was found in 36.8% of individuals and 55% tendency towards depression, with a mean depression index of 0.48 and a standard deviation of 0.12. The groups that showed the largest prevalence of frank depression were: females 40.4%, ages ranging between 65 years and over 46.2%, widowhood 70.7%, illiterates 65.8%, crippled 50%, and those with low grade of satisfaction with their actual occupation 55.2%. These data suggest the high frequency of Depressive Syndrome in the studied population, and also the strong relationship existing between this syndrome and socioeconomic factors implicated.
authors: Departamento de Salud Pública, Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Eblen
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Vivas
authors: J
authors: J
authors: García
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014687:Venezuela / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Prevalencia del síndrome depresivo y su relación con factores socioeconómicos en una muestra de la población de la ciudad de Valencia, estado Carabobo, Venezuela.