Prevalencia de depresión en pacientes con osteoporosis postmenopáusica en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo en el año 2018.

Abstract

Introduction: Postmenopausal osteoporosis is one of the most common forms of presentation of the disease and represents the cause of 40% of fractures in women over 50 years, increasing the morbidity in patients. Several studies have made associations between depression and osteoporosis, so it seems important to investigate in our country, Ecuador, if postmenopausal women with osteoporosis suffer depression in a more prevalent way than the healthy population. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of depression in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis at Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital, in 2018. In addition, the specific objectives are to know the prevalence of depression in the studied population, to describe the characteristics of the groups with and without depression and correlate depres sion with osteoporosis. Methodology: This cross-sectional, observational, descriptive, unicentric study was carried out in 2018 at the Hospital of Specialties Teodoro Maldonado Carbo of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute. Results: We analyzed 439 patients, of the 87 (19.8%) had osteoporosis and 352 (80.2%) did not. The average age was 58, ranging from 40 to 89. All participants reported a date of last menstruation greater than or equal to one year old. 133 (30.3) reported having hot flushes and 306 (69.7%) did not. The average score of the CESD-10 questionnaire was 12 points, between rank 2 to 22. 373 (85%) participants obtained a result that is considered depressed in the CESD-10 questionnaire, 66 (15%) did not. Conclussions: The prevalence of depression in the studied population was high, at 84.8%; however, no significant correlation was found between depression and post-menopausal osteoporosis.