Familia: Funcionalidad y efectividad como red de apoyo social en pacientes con depresión que están ingresados en el área de hospitalización de psiquiatría del hospital del IESS Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo en la ciudad de Guayaquil
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objective: To identify how it contributes the support of social networks, especially the family to the evolution of depressed patients during the period of hospitalization in the of a general hospital psychiatry service as it exists in the IESS Hospital "Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo". Method: Quantitative Research. Questionnaires that assessed the fundamental constructs and clinical interviews were used. Results: Most patients had a good perception of social support but contrary to what was expected there was an inverse correlation with social support and the evolution of depression it was found that family functioning was a predictor of a good clinical evolution of depression. An analysis aiming to explain and clarify this apparent contradiction is performed. Conclusions: Perceived social support is not a good predictor of the clinical course of hospitalized depressed patient, quite the contrary.
Institution: University of Havana
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2193609827