title: [Depressive disorder in patients undergoing general surgical operations].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence of depressive disorder in patients undergoing general surgical operations.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and four patients who had undergone general surgical operations were investigated. Each patient filled in the self rating depression scale (SDS) as the baseline data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among these patients 40.4% of them had depressive disorder. The major factors for the prevalence of depression were sex, educational background and malignant diseases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A certain proportion of patients undergoing general surgical operations have depressive disorder. It is important to recognize and treat for this disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Kewei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Mujun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Ruyu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000523:psychology