OBJECTIVES To investigate the independent and interactive associations of physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST) with depression, anxiety and sleep quality among Chinese college students. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in Wuhan University, China from November to December 2011. The students reported their PA, ST and socio-economic characteristics using self-administered que...

A descriptive-co relational study was conducted to assess severity of pain, level of anxiety and functional status of patients with lower th rd limb fracture and dislocation after open reduction from 17 September to 3 Nov 2012. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the subjects for the study. Data was collected by using demographic proforma, Numerical Pain Rating Scale, Beck's Anxiety...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors related to anxiety and depression in patients undergoing adrenalectomy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS From October 2011 to October 2014, 220 consecutive inpatients undergoing adrenalectomy were enrolled in this study. Documented informed consent for the study was obtained from each subject. All subjects completed a detailed questionnaires for...

OBJECTIVE Decreased heart rate variability (HRV) has been reported in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), but the results are mixed. Little is known about the impact of comorbid major depression (MD) on HRV in GAD patients. Both issues necessitate further investigation. METHODS Twenty unmedicated, physically healthy GAD patients, 20 GAD patients with a secondary diagnosis of MD, 40 MD patient...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and examine the predictors of depression in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in the rheumatology clinic of a university hospital. All SLE patients that met the revised American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification were included in the study. Sociodemogra...

BACKGROUND/AIM In recent years mental health of patients including those with chronic liver disease (CLD), has become interesting because its disturbance leads to reduced quality of life, that is associated with worsening of clinical outcome, reduced compliance and increased mortality. The aim of the study was to determinate the frequency and severity of depression and frequency of anxiety in p...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the impact of comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and four anxiety disorders [panic disorder (PD), agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder (SAD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)] on the clinical outcomes of bipolar disorder. METHODS This study analysed data of 174 patients with bipolar I disorder who participated in the prospective observational...

Severity of depression, as reflected by total scores on depression rating scales, has been established as one of several major sources of variance associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation in patients with major depressive disorder. To determine which of the symptoms comprising clinically defined severity of illness contribute most to this relationship, we studied the as...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a 1-year follow-up of anxious-depressed school-refusing adolescents who participated in an 8-week study of imipramine versus placebo, each in combination with cognitive-behavioral therapy. METHOD Sixty-five percent (41 of 63) of the randomly assigned subjects returned for follow-up evaluation, which consisted of diagnostic interviews, clinician rating scales for anxiety a...

Thirty-five patients and corresponding matched controls were investigated between 5 and 17 months from mild head trauma using the Self Rating Depression Scale and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The findings indicate that compared with an appropriate control group mild head injured patients are at risk of developing depression, whereas their liability to anxiety is not increased. Our results...