Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2020 Apr 25; 8(E):331-333. 331 Scientifc Foundation SPIROSKI, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2020 Apr 25; 8(E):331-333. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2020.4183 eISSN: 1857-9655 Category: E - Public Health Section: Public Health Disease Control Health Education Intervention on Increasing Early Detection of Depression Based on Family Elvi Rosanti 1 *, Rizanda Machmud 2 , Adnil Edwin Nurdin 2 , Afrizal 3 1 Doctorate of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang City, West Sumatera Province, Indonesia; 2 Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang City, West Sumatera Province, Indonesia; 3 Faculty of Social and Political Science, Universitas Andalas, Padang City, West Sumatera Province, Indonesia Abstract AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the health education intervention on increasing early detection of depression based on family. METHODS: This study used a quasi-experimental design with one-group pretest-posttest design. The study sample was all family in Solok City, West Sumatera Province, Indonesia, with a sample size of 382 families. The sampling technique used a purposive sampling technique. Health education interventions have been carried out through family-based depression prevention modules that have been validated. Data were analyzed using the Chi-square test and paired sample t-test using the SPSS version 21.0 software. RESULTS: This study showed a statistically signifcant increase in knowledge, attitude, behavior and early detection of depression after health educational intervention through family based (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: This study confrmed health education intervention on increasing early detection of depression based on family. Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in 2020, depression will be the main cause of an individual’s inability to worldwide and psychiatric disorders will account for 15% of global morbidity, depression will occupy the second largest health problem after cardiovascular disease. Depression contributes to the inability to carry out activities that are benefcial to life, has a mind to end life, and lost interest in various things, daily work is disturbed by 11,6% [1], [2]. The prevalence of depression or mental- emotional disorders in the population aged ≥15 years in Indonesia was 6% while in West Sumatra Province was 3.6% of the population experienced emotional mental disorders and the highest city was Solok City with 8.6% [3]. Depression is an indirect health problem that afects the quality of life and productivity of the population and health status, especially if the onset of depression begins at a productive age. The problem of depression often causes problems in his own individual, family, and community environment where suferers [4], [5]. Early detection of depression is carried out in health services and is carried out by health professionals and cadres using a variety of diagnostic guidelines, not yet detected early detection in depressed patients carried out by families [5]. The family as the smallest unit in society must be able to be the frontline in maintaining the mental health of family members, especially depression in the family and be able to detect early symptoms of depression that occurs in the family [6]. Furthermore, the family can make the decision to seek health services for family members who are depressed; therefore, family needs an appropriate way and involves all aspects of handling this depression. Decision-making in handling people with mental disorders is infuenced by several factors such as knowledge, attitudes about mental disorders, culture, economy, and distance from mental health services [7]. Materials and Methods Study design and research sample This study used a quasi-experimental design with one-group pretest-posttest design. The study sample was all family in Solok City, West Sumatera Province, Indonesia, with a sample size of 382 families. Edited by: Mirko Spiroski Citation: Rosanti E, Machmud R, Nurdin AE, Afrizal. Health Education Intervention on Increasing Early Detection of Depression Based on Family. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2020 Apr 25; 8(E):331-333. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2020.4183 Keywords: Depression; Early detection; Health education; Family *Correspondence: Elvi Rosanti, Doctorate of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang City, West Sumatera Province, Indonesia. E-mail: elvirosanti55@gmail.com Received: 09-Dec-2019 Revised: 15-Feb-2020 Accepted: 07-Mar-2020 Copyright: © 2020 Elvi Rosanti , Rizanda Machmud, Adnil Edwin Nurdin, Afrizal Funding: This research did not receive any fnancial support Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist Open Access: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0)