Atopic dermatitis (AD) and bullous pemphigoid (BP) are inflammatory skin diseases associated with intense pruritus significant quality of life (QOL) impact. While they differ in classical presentation (eczematous eruption vs urticaria blisters) population characteristics (young-to middle-aged persons elderly), early stages BP can appear similar to AD clinically histologically. As part this obse...

Resumo Introdução: O uso de smartphones se tornou um fenômeno social mundialmente popular comunicação. Seu excessivo pode comprometer as rotinas e hábitos diários, que estão associados aos distúrbios do sono, estresse, ansiedade, algias; logo, destaca-se o universitário, apresenta estilo vida em é preciso conciliar atividades diárias com curriculares, agravando fatores psicossociais. Objetivo: ...

The prevalence of depressive symptoms may differ in various age groups. aim the study was to investigate point-prevalence adult general population and impact sex, marital status, education, social support on also explored. ≥40 years city Tromsø, Norway, were invited participate survey, whom 64.7% (n=21,083) participated. All participants with a completed Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS)...

BACKGROUND Anxiety disorders are prevalent and associated with poor prognosis in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, studies examining screening of anxiety disorders in CAD patients are lacking. In the present study we evaluated the prevalence of anxiety disorders in patients with CAD and diagnostic utility of self-rating scales for screening of anxiety disorders. METHODS Fi...

Background Various physical and mental sequelae reduce the quality of life (QOL) intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Current guidelines recommend multi-angular approaches to prevent these sequelae. Some studies have demonstrated clinical effectiveness rehabilitation or ICU diary against sequelae, whereas others not. Aim The aims present study were establish whether was useful for reducing sever...

OBJECTIVE AND METHODS The aim was to evaluate the depression subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D) by comparing the gender-specific scores with another self-rated measure of mental health (MH), the SF-12 Health Survey, in a large general population (N=16,116). RESULTS Using a score of 8 as a cut-off point for depression, the odds ratio for depression among men versus ...

Background The prevalence of depression is increased in spondyloarthritis (SpA). Research on this topic SpA challenging for several reasons, one them being the wide variety different instruments used to assess depressive symptoms. It unknown whether these are comparable measuring construct ‘depression’ and can be considered interchangeable. If actually differ what they measure, should taken int...

Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic rheumatologic disease, affecting different aspects of patient life. Although several studies have reported a higher rate of depression among patients with RA, there is still controversy over the underlying risk factors and probable covariates of depression in these individuals. The present study investigated the relationship between disease a...

BACKGROUND Since the 1990s, Scottish community-based antidepressant prescribing has increased substantially. AIM To assess whether GPs prescribe antidepressants appropriately. DESIGN OF STUDY Observational study of adults (aged >/=16 years) screened with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) attending a GP. SETTING Four practices in Grampian, Scotland. METHOD Patients (n = 89...

BACKGROUND The study aimed at presenting normative data for both parallel forms of the "Rasch-based Depression Screening (DESC)", to examine its Rasch model conformity and convergent and divergent validity based on a representative sample of the German general population. METHODS The sample was selected with the assistance of a demographic consulting company applying a face to face interview ...