Quality of Life in Carotid Atherosclerosis: The Role of Co-morbid Mood Disorders

To study in severe carotid atherosclerosis (CA): the frequency of mood disorders (MD); the impairment of quality of life (QoL); the role of co-morbid MD in such impairment. Case-control study. consecutive in-patients with CA (stenosis ≥ 50%). subjects with no diagnosis of CA randomized from a databa...

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Published in:Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health 2016-03, Vol.12 (1), p.1-8
Main Authors: Lecca, Maria, Saba, Luca, Sanfilippo, Roberto, Pintus, Elisa, Cadoni, Michela, Sancassiani, Federica, Francesca Moro, Maria, Craboledda, Davide, Lo Giudice, Chiara, Montisci, Roberto
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Summary:To study in severe carotid atherosclerosis (CA): the frequency of mood disorders (MD); the impairment of quality of life (QoL); the role of co-morbid MD in such impairment. Case-control study. consecutive in-patients with CA (stenosis ≥ 50%). subjects with no diagnosis of CA randomized from a database of a community survey. Psychiatric diagnosis according to DSM-IV made by clinicians and semi-structured interview, QoL measured by the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12). This is the first study on comorbidity on CA disease and MD in which psychiatric diagnoses are conducted by clinicians according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) (17.4% vs 2.72%, P
ISSN:1745-0179
1745-0179
DOI:10.2174/1745017901612010001