Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

Vital Exhaustion and Markers of Low-Grade Inflammation in Healthy Adults: The Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study.

Vital Exhaustion and Markers of Low-Grade Inflammation in Healthy Adults: The Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study.

Stress Health. 2013 Mar 8;
Hoekstra T, Barbosa-Leiker C, Twisk JW

This study analyses distinct trajectories of vital exhaustion (VE; a measure… Continue reading

Brain and Mood Changes Over 2 Years in Healthy Controls and Adults With Heart Failure and Ischaemic Heart Disease.

Brain and mood changes over 2 years in healthy controls and adults with heart failure and ischaemic heart disease.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2013 Mar 4;
Almeida OP, Garrido GJ, Etherton-Beer C, Lautenschlager NT, Arnolda L, Alfonso H, Flicker… Continue reading

Timing Differences Between Cued and Noncued Swallows in Healthy Young Adults.

Timing Differences Between Cued and Noncued Swallows in Healthy Young Adults.

Dysphagia. 2013 Mar 1;
Nagy A, Leigh C, Hori SF, Molfenter SM, Shariff T, Steele CM

Temporal parameters such as stage transition duration, bolus location at swallow onset,… Continue reading

Surgical Versus Low-Dose Progestin Treatment for Endometriosis-Associated Severe Deep Dyspareunia II: Effect on Sexual Functioning, Psychological Status and Health-Related Quality of Life.

Surgical versus low-dose progestin treatment for endometriosis-associated severe deep dyspareunia II: Effect on sexual functioning, psychological status and health-related quality of life.

Hum Reprod. 2013 Feb 26;
Vercellini P, Frattaruolo MP, Somigliana E, Jones GL, Consonni D, Alberico D,… Continue reading

Validation of a Dutch Version of the Neurological Fatigue Index (NFI-MS) for Patients With Multiple Sclerosis in the Netherlands.

Validation of a Dutch version of the Neurological Fatigue Index (NFI-MS) for patients with multiple sclerosis in the Netherlands.

Qual Life Res. 2013 Feb 26;
Derksen A, Mokkink LB, Rietberg MB, Knol DL, Ostelo RW, Uitdehaag BM

PURPOSE: Fatigue… Continue reading

Anxiety and Depression After Thoracic Aortic Surgery or Coronary Artery Bypass.

Anxiety and depression after thoracic aortic surgery or coronary artery bypass.

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2013 Feb; 21(1): 22-30
Okamoto Y, Motomura N, Murashima S, Takamoto S

Background: although the outcome of thoracic aortic surgery has improved remarkably, mortality… Continue reading

Depression Treatment: Characteristics of Pain in Hospitalized Medical Patients, Surgical Patients, and Outpatients Attending a Pain Management Centre.

Characteristics of pain in hospitalized medical patients, surgical patients, and outpatients attending a pain management centre.

Filed under: Depression Treatment

Br J Anaesth. 2013 Feb 18;
Rockett MP, Simpson G, Crossley R, Blowey S

BACKGROUND: /st>The characteristics and psychological impact of pain suffered by medical inpatients has been relatively under-investigated. The aim of this study was to compare the pain experience of medical, surgical inpatients, and patients attending a pain management centre. Some aspects of the quality of pain scoring and prescribing were also audited. METHODS: /st>Medical inpatients with significant pain (moderate or severe pain on a verbal rating scale) were assessed using a battery of psychometric questionnaires. Comparator samples of surgical inpatients and patients attending the pain management centre were recruited. RESULTS: /st>The prevalence of significant pain did not differ between the medical group (n=37) and the surgical group (n=38) (16.7% and 19.9%). Chronic pain was common in the medical group (54%) and the surgical group (50%). There were no differences in psychometric variables between the medical and surgical groups. Clinically significant scores for anxiety and depression (HADS ?11) were common in all groups (30-38%). There was less concordance between patient-reported pain scores and nurse-recorded pain scores in the medical group than the surgical group and analgesic prescribing differed between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: /st>The characteristics of pain in… Continue reading

Depression Treatment: MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER in VULNERABLE GROUPS of OLDER ADULTS, THEIR COURSE and TREATMENT, and PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITY.

MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER IN VULNERABLE GROUPS OF OLDER ADULTS, THEIR COURSE AND TREATMENT, AND PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITY.

Filed under: Depression Treatment

Depress Anxiety. 2013 Feb 19;
Chou KL, Cheung KC

BACKGROUND: Although a number of epidemiology studies of major depressive… Continue reading

The Distress Thermometer and Its Validity: A First Psychometric Study in Indonesian Women With Breast Cancer.

The Distress Thermometer and Its Validity: A First Psychometric Study in Indonesian Women with Breast Cancer.

Filed under: Depression Treatment

PLoS One. 2013; 8(2): e56353
Iskandarsyah A, de Klerk C, Suardi DR, Soemitro MP, Sadarjoen SS, Passchier J

PURPOSE:… Continue reading

Anxiety and Depression Among Caregivers of Patients With Eating Disorders and Their Change Over 1 Year.

Anxiety and depression among caregivers of patients with eating disorders and their change over 1 year.

Filed under: Eating Disorders

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2013 Feb 15;
Orive M, Padierna A, Martin J, Aguirre U, González N, Muñoz… Continue reading