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Introducción: La ansiedad y la depresión se han incrementado de manera significativa. Los pacientes hospitalizados son un grupo vulnerable por los cambios en su entorno y hábitos, favorece la aparición de síntomas de ansiedad y depresión que impactan negativamente en la respuesta inmunológica, el control metabólico y el riesgo cardiovascular y respiratorio. El estudio de estas variables aporta a la enfermería evidencia para la detección oportuna y el cuidado integral. Objetivo: Identificar la ansiedad y depresión en pacientes hospitalizados. Metodología: Estudio descriptivo transversal, en muestra de 154 pacientes con mayoría de edad, con estancia hospitalaria mayor a 24 horas, en áreas de medicina interna, cirugía y traumatología de un hospital público de segundo nivel en Tamaulipas, México. Se empleó cédula de datos sociodemográficos y escala de ansiedad y depresión hospitalaria, se analizaron los datos mediante estadística descriptiva e inferencial. Se respetó el anonimato, privacidad, confidencialidad y consentimiento informado. Resultados: El 60.4 % fueron hombres, con promedio de edad 49.5 años, promedio de hospitalización 3.1 días, el 63 % presentó ausencia de ansiedad y depresión en 61.7 %. Se identificaron diferencias estadísticas significativas en ansiedad con estado de civil y depresión con ingresos previos con p= .001. Conclusiones: Los resultados no evidenciaron una presencia generalizada de ansiedad y depresión, se identificó la existencia de pacientes con riesgo latente, así como de casos que ya presentaban sintomatología de ambas condiciones.
Introduction: Worldwide, both anxiety and depression have increased significantly. Hospitalized patients are a vulnerable group due to changes in their environment and routines, which can trigger symptoms of anxiety and depression that negatively impact the immune response, metabolic control, and cardiovascular and respiratory risk. A vulnerable group consists of hospitalized patients, as changes in their environment and routines can trigger symptoms of anxiety and depression, which negatively impact the immune response, metabolic control, and cardiovascular and respiratory risk. The study of these variables provides the nursing profession with evidence to support timely detection and comprehensive care. Objective: To identify anxiety and depression in hospitalized patients. Methodology: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 154 adult patients who had stayed in hospital for more than 24 hours in the internal medicine, surgery and orthopedics units of a secondary-level public hospital in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Sociodemographic data were collected using a questionnaire and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Anonymity, privacy, confidentiality and informed consent were respected throughout the study. Results: In this study, 60.4 % of the participants were men, with a mean age of 49.5 years and a mean hospital stay of 3.1 days; 63 % reported no anxiety, and 61.7 % reported no depression. Statistically significant differences were found in anxiety levels based on marital status and in depression levels based on previous hospitalizations (p= 0.001). Conclusions: The results did not indicate widespread anxiety or depression; rather, the existence of patients with latent risk was
Introduction: Worldwide, both anxiety and depression have increased significantly. Hospitalized patients are a vulnerable group due to changes in their environment and routines, which can trigger symptoms of anxiety and depression that negatively impact the immune response, metabolic control, and cardiovascular and respiratory risk. A vulnerable group consists of hospitalized patients, as changes in their environment and routines can trigger symptoms of anxiety and depression, which negatively impact the immune response, metabolic control, and cardiovascular and respiratory risk. The study of these variables provides the nursing profession with evidence to support timely detection and comprehensive care. Objective: To identify anxiety and depression in hospitalized patients. Methodology: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 154 adult patients who had stayed in hospital for more than 24 hours in the internal medicine, surgery and orthopedics units of a secondary-level public hospital in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Sociodemographic data were collected using a questionnaire and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Anonymity, privacy, confidentiality and informed consent were respected throughout the study. Results: In this study, 60.4 % of the participants were men, with a mean age of 49.5 years and a mean hospital stay of 3.1 days; 63 % reported no anxiety, and 61.7 % reported no depression. Statistically significant differences were found in anxiety levels based on marital status and in depression levels based on previous hospitalizations (p= 0.001). Conclusions: The results did not indicate widespread anxiety or depression; rather, the existence of patients with latent risk was identified, as well as cases that were already showing symptoms of both conditions.
