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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 138-142 |
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Prevalence and relationship of religiosity level and suicidal ideation in depressed patients
Nagy Fawzy, Nagda Elmasry, Amira A Fouad, Usama M Youssef, Wa-il Abohendy
Department of Psychiatry, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Correspondence Address:
Nagy Fawzy
Department of Psychiatry, Zagazig University, Zagazig
Egypt
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/1110-1105.144333
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Objective
The aim of this study was to determination the prevalence and relationship of religiosity level and suicidal ideation in depressed patients.
Patients
The sample included 100 patients recruited from psychiatric outpatient clinics of Zagazig University Hospitals. The patients included fulfilled the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th ed., text revision, criteria for depression, were between 18 and 60 years of age, of both sexes, and were from all socioeconomic and educational classes.
Patients and methods
All participants were subjected to a psychiatric assessment for depressive symptoms using the Arabic version of Beck Depression Scale, suicidal ideation using the Arabic version of the Beck Suicide Ideation Scale, and religiosity using the Scale of Islamic Religiosity Attitude.
Results
The results of the current study showed that the prevalence of suicidal ideations was 18 and 10% in those with low religiosity level among depressed patients. There was a statistically significant difference between religiosity and suicide in depressed patients.
Conclusion
The current study concluded that suicidal ideations are a highly prevalent phenomenon, and suicidal ideation was more prevalent in less religious patients than highly religious patients. |
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