title: [Level of depression in women undergoing gynecologic surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the level of depression in women during the early post-operative period.
  
  
  METHODS
  220 women treated surgically for various gynecologic conditions were enrolled. The study was done between day 4-6 after surgery using Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI). The results were analyzed statistically.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was found that the mean level of depression on the BDI scale in the study group of women was 12.24 +/- 8.73. The mean level of depression in patients who underwent surgery using the vaginal route was significantly greater (p = 0.003) than in patients after laparoscopy and patients after laparotomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The mean level of depression in the study group approached values found in depression. Patients after surgery using the vaginal route demonstrated higher levels of depression than patients after laparoscopy. Age, education, source of subsistence, and number of children had an impact on the level of depression in the study group. Marital status and place of residence were without effect on the level of depression in the patients.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Połoznictwa, Ginekologii i Pielegniarstwa Połozniczo-Ginekologicznego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lublinie, ul. Chodźki 6, 20-093 Lublin.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lewicka
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makara-Studzińska
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sulima
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wdowiak
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bakalczuk
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polska
authors.forename: Marzena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stasiak-Kosarzycka
authors.forename: Henryk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wiktor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015984:Causality; D003863:Depression / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult