Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1990;11(7):23-28.
Published online July 1, 1990.

가정의학과 외래 내원 환자의 우울과 가족기능에 관한 연구 (A Comparative Study Between Depresslon and Family function in Family Practlce)

윤방부(Youn Bang Bu),이혜리(Lee Hye Ree),곽기우(Kwak Ki Woo),임영섭(Lim Young Sop),김대현(Kim Dae Hyun)

연세대학교의과대학 가정의학교실

Abstract

In order to know the prevalence and family function in family practice clinics, 247 OPD patients are studied using Zung's self-rating depression scale and Olson DH's Faces Ⅲ.
The result of this study were.
1. The prevalence of depression in family practice clinics were 60.3%(mild depression ; 30.4%, moderate depression ; 15.4%, severe depression ; 14.6%)
2. The family pattern of patients in family practice clinics were balanced family ; 33.2%, intermediate family ; 40.5%, extreme family ; 26.3%
3. As the degree of depression is increase, the degree of adaptability scale and cohesion scale is decreased. The cohesion is more closely correlate with depression than adaptability did.