Prevalence of depression among the faculty of basic and clinical sciences in Medical Universities in Sindh, Pakistan.

Abstract

Objective: To assess depression level in work force of a Teaching hospital. Study Design: Experimental study. Setting: Al-Tibri Medical College and Hospital. Period: June 2021 to August 2021. Material & Methods: Total 250 faculty members of 7 different medical colleges and teaching hospital across the Sindh, Pakistan participates in the survey from 7 different medical colleges. Survey was conducted thorough online google form. Data was statistically analyzed by SPSS and Chi-square was performed to analyze the relationship between the professional environment and mental health. Results: It was observed that the 10% clinical faculty members and only 1% basic science faculty were statistically significant at p level p<0.005 and p<0.001 respectively. While other demographic factors were also found to be statistically significant at p<0.001. Conclusion: The results revealed the clinical faculty is at higher risk mental health issues then the faculty of the basic sciences. Since the clinical environment is to relate to the public dealing and handling or listening the traumatic cases on regular basis which might affect the mental health of the working personnel.