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Depression Among Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients in Baghdad

NCT06734169 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2025-03-18

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Summary

This observational study aims to estimate the prevalence and severity of depression among patients in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Ward in Baghdad City, Iraq, using a self-administered PHQ-9 questionnaire. The main questions it aims to answer are:

What is the prevalence of depression among cardiothoracic surgery patients? How is the severity of depression distributed within this group? Are there specific environmental or demographic factors associated with higher levels of depression?

Participants will:

Fill out the PHQ-9 in order to measure the severity of depressive symptoms at a specific moment in time.

Demographic and clinical variables such as age, gender, socioeconomic status, surgery type, comorbidities, and hospital stay length should be taken to look for a possible relationship with depression.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Al-Nahrain University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-20
Primary Completion
2025-06-01
Completion
2025-06-12

Countries

  • Iraq

Study Locations

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