How to Cite: Hassan, E. E., Ahmed, S. M., Khalifa, M. A. Z., El Mageed, A. S. A., & El Latief, O. K. A. (2022). Dietary pattern among staff members and its relation to depression, Minia University, Egypt. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S5), 11284–11302. https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS5.11809 International Journal of Health Sciences ISSN 2550-6978 E-ISSN 2550-696X © 2022. Manuscript submitted: 9 April 2022, Manuscript revised: 18 June 2022, Accepted for publication: 27 July 2022 11284 Dietary pattern among staff members and its relation to depression, Minia University, Egypt Ebtesam Esmail Hassan Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Minia University, El Minia 61511, Egypt Email: Ebtesam.ali@mu.edu.eg Shimaa Mahmoud Ahmed Industrial Medicine and Occupational Diseases Assistant lecturer, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Minia University, El Minia 61511, Egypt, Corresponding author email: shimaa.mahmoud145@yahoo.com Mona Abo Zeid Khalifa Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Minia University, Email: mona.khalifa@mu.edu.eg Ayman Soliman Abd El Mageed Assistant professor of Industrial Medicine and Occupational Diseases, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Minia University, El Minia 61511, Egypt, Email: ayman.soliaman@mu.edu.eg Omnyh Kamal Abd El Latief Lecturer of Industrial Medicine and Occupational Diseases, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Minia University, El Minia 61511, Egypt, Email: omnyhkamaladwey@hotmail.com Abstract---Background: Depression is a worldwide common mental disorder. According to the WHO reports, the total number of people with depression was more than 300 million in 2015, which was corresponding to 4·4% of the world’s population. The aim of the study is to explore the associations of dietary pattern and depressive symptoms. This cross-sectional study used data of staff members and their assistants in Minia University. Dietary pattern was obtained from three days food records and average was taken. Depressive symptoms were assessed by center of epidemiological studies for