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Table 4 Recognition of mental disorders by physicians among patients with any mood disorder (n = 52) as evaluated by the PHQ

From: Multiple barriers against successful care provision for depressed patients in general internal medicine in a Japanese rural hospital: a cross-sectional study

Recognition by physician

Clinical diagnosis by physician

n

% of patients with any mood disorder

n

% of patients with any mood disorder

Any mental disorder

 

31

59.6

  
 

Mood disorder

  

7

13.5

 

Anxiety disorder

  

5a

9.6

 

Alcohol-related disorder

  

2

3.8

 

Insomnia

  

18a

34.6

 

Dementia

  

1

1.9

 

Other

  

6

11.5

 

Uncategorizable

  

2

3.8

No mental disorder

 

21

40.4

  
  1. Because multiple answers were allowed in the clinical psychiatric diagnosis, the total number of diagnoses was 41 and the number of diagnoses per patient was 1.32 for patients with any mood disorder. Also, the numbers for anxiety and insomnia include patients diagnosed with a mood disorder: a3.