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Combinación de datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud con notificaciones GES de depresión para mejorar la estimación de la prevalencia de depresión en Chile

Rev. med. Chile; 150 (7), 2022
BACKGROUND: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a public health problem of increasing severity in Chile. However, prevalence studies of MDD yield discordant results. Reconciling these discordances, at least in part, requires improving the estimate of MDD prevalence in Chile. AIM: To improve the estimate o...

Depresión mayor en ancianos de 85 y más años. Su asociación con demencia

Depression is considered the most frequent mental illness; it is a cause of disability and constitutes a modifiable risk factor for the future development of dementia. The objective of tis study was to determine the frequency of major depression in elderly aged 85 and over and its possible association wi...

Major depressive episode among university students in Southern Brazil

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Depression is the leading cause of disability around the world, and it has been increasingly affecting young people. This study evaluates the prevalence and factors associated with major depression in university students, with emphasis on the influence of the academic field, chose...

Depressão em idosos de uma região rural do Sul do Brasil

Resumo O objetivo deste estudo é estimar a prevalência de depressão e seus fatores associados em idosos residentes da zona rural do município de Rio Grande/RS. Neste estudo transversal de base populacional realizado com 994 idosos (≥ 60 anos), cuja amostragem foi baseada no Censo Demográfico d...

Primary hyperparathyroidism presenting as major depression with psychotic features

Prevalence of depression among patients with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of major depressive episode (MDE) in patients with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis (pre-PTB, defined by cough lasting ≥ 3 weeks) and compare it between patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and without PTB. Methods: Patients with pre-PTB (n=260) were s...

SIGMA-VB: Validity and reliability of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale using the Structured Interview Guide for the MADRS

Objective: The Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) is widely used to assess depression severity. The Structured Interview Guide for the MADRS (SIGMA) was created to standardize MADRS assessment. The objective of this study was to translate and validate the original SIGMA into a Brazilian P...

Un análisis crítico de los debates acerca del duelo y el trastorno depresivo en la era del Manual Diagnóstico y Estadístico de los Trastornos Mentales

Salud colect; 15 (), 2019
RESUMEN Desde la incorporación del trastorno depresivo mayor en el Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) de 1980, hasta su actualización en el DSM-IV-TR, el sistema clasificatorio DSM consideró necesario incluir el criterio de "exclusión por duelo", con el objetivo de difere...

Riesgo para el desarrollo de trastorno depresivo mayor al existir alteraciones en la sintomatología menopaúsica en mujeres de Guadalajara, Jalisco
Risk for the development of major depressive disorder when there are alterations in menopausal symptoms in women from Guadalajara, Jalisco

RESUMEN Antecedentes: El Trastorno Depresivo Mayor (TDM) puede presentarse durante el inicio de la menopausia, variando su prevalencia de acuerdo a diferentes factores de riesgo clínicos y sociodemográficos; presentándose una mayor asociación al existir alteraciones en la sintomatología menopaúsic...

Fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento de doença cardiovascular em pacientes com depressão em um hospital do sul do Brasil

Clin. biomed. res; 39 (4), 2019
Introdução: A associação entre depressão e fatores de risco cardiovascular é recorrente. O aumento de risco em deprimidos está relacionado à fatores como obesidade, sedentarismo, dislipidemia, alcoolismo e tabagismo. O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar a presença de fatores de risco para o...