Resilience among Patients with Depression in an Egyptian Sample

Abstract

Depression is the most prevalent mental illness worldwide. Resilience has protective and compensatory effects against depression. Resilience is an individual's capacity to adapt and thrive in adverse stressful conditions effectively. Evaluating resilience and promoting it among patients with depression hugely influence their prognosis. Aim of this study: assess resilience among patients with depression. Method: A descriptive cross sectional research design was used with sixty depressed patients who were selected from Mansoura University Hospital's psychiatry inpatient department. Data was collected using three instruments: socio-demographic traits and clinical data sheet; Connor-Davidson Resilience scale (CD-RISC) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Results: Current results in this study indicated that most of the patients in the study (93.3%) exhibited low resilience levels and only (6.7%) had moderate resilience levels; a highly significant negative correlation was revealed between total resilience and depressive symptoms severity. Conclusion:Most of the subjects in the study reported low resilience levels. The present study provides additional evidence that resilience is associated with fewer mental health issues, not only that; it also change-sensitive, and predicts outcomes for patients with depression. Recommendation: The results of this study emphasize how crucial prevention and intervention strategies are for fostering resilience in persons with depression. Promoting resilience is recommended when providing care for individuals with depression since it has a major influence on the prognosis, treatment outcome and recovery. More research on the intervention to enhance resilience is required.