Incidencia del trastorno depresivo mayor en pacientes de 18 a 65 años en el Instituto de Neurociencias, periodo septiembre 2021 – septiembre 2022.

Abstract

Introduction: Major depressive disorder, widely known as depression, is a mental disorder that involves loss of interest in previously satisfying daily and leisure activities. Clinical features such as sadness, irritability, somatic and cognitive changes that affect the person's lifestyle stand out and it is distinguished from other depressive disorders by its etiology and permanence of symptoms. In addition, there is a risk of reaching its maximum expression which is the 'vital sadness' that can lead the patient to commit suicide. Methodology: It is a descriptive, observational, retrospective and crosssectional study. With a universe of 120 patients between 18 and 65 years of age obtained from the collection of clinical histories of patients from the outpatient and emergency room of the Instituto de Neurociencias de Guayaquil. A sample of 101 patients was obtained by non-probabilistic sampling and was later classified in an Excel database. Results: The average age of presentation was 33 years, being more frequent in women (68.3%) than in men (31.7%). The incidence rate was 8.4 per 10 patients attending the emergency and outpatient department during the period September 2021 - September 2022.