La depresión mayor como nuevo factor de riesgo en la cardiopatía coronaria en Chile / Major depression as a risk factor for coronary disease
Rev. méd. Chile
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130(11): 1249-1256, nov. 2002. tab
Artigo
em Espanhol
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ABSTRACT
Background: Major depression, a frequent psychiatric disease, is associated with ischemic heart disease. It is usually subdiagnosed and subtreated. Aim: To study the prevalence of major depression among survivors of an acute myocardial infarction. Patients and methods: Retrospective study of 42 survivors of an acute myocardial infarction treated at a regional Chilean Hospital. The presence of major depression in the 6 months previous to the acute myocardial infarction, was investigated using the diagnostic instruments CIDI (Composite International Diagnostic Interview) and DIS (Diagnostic Interview Schedule), psychiatric diagnoses were based on DSMIII-R. The prevalence of depression was compared with that observed in a group of 156 healthy subjects participating in a psychiatric epidemiological study. Results: Major depression was diagnosed in 12 male subjects with an acute myocardial infarction. The prevalence in the control group was significantly lower (15 percent, p <0.049). Patients with depression were older and required longer hospital stay than patients without depression. Conclusions: Patients with acute myocardial infarction, had a significantly greater prevalence of major depression in the previous 6 months, than the general population. Thus, major depression could be an independent and modifiable coronary risk factor
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Transtorno Depressivo Maior
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Infarto do Miocárdio
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo observacional
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
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