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CORELATION OF MAJOR DEPRESSION WITH BECK’S SCORING

Dr. Qudsia Umaira Khan, Dr Sibgha Zulfiqar, Dr. Farida Hafeez, Dr. Shafeen Zulfiqar

Background: Depression is a mental disorder which demonstrates itself through the loss of happiness, feeling of low self-esteem, disturbance in the sleep cycle, disturbance in appetite, continuous feeling of fatigue as well as reduced activity. Beck depression inventory is the most effective method to diagnose major depression in adults as well as in children. In this method, items are added to generate the total score. Aim: To establish a relationship between major depression and Beck’s scoring Methodology: After obtaining approval from the relevant departments, this research was conducted in the physiology department, Shaikh Zayed FPGMI Lahore in cooperation with Punjab Institute of Mental Health Lahore. A comparative cross-sectional study was designed from April to December in 2015. There were two groups, each having 30 participants. Result: There were two groups, each having 30 participants. Through standardized form Beck’s Depression Inventory, Depression scores were calculated. There were 46.67% males while 53.33% of females .Beck’s scoring showed the results were statistically highly significant (p-value<0.0001). All normal participants had normal severity while all participants in the depressive group had extreme severity of depression . Conclusion: The effectiveness of beck’s Depression Inventory in the screening of patients of major depression disorders in outdoor patients was established.

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