background: depression and smoking decrease health status in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd), but the combined effect of the two factors is unknown. this study aimed to assess the interactive effects of depression and smoking on the severity of patients with copd. methods: a prospective cohort study including 2,268 patients with copd was conducted in seven rural communities from ma...

background & aim: the present study aimed to evaluate  the frequency and severity of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (nvp) and to investigate the association between psychosocial health and the severity of nvp. methods:this cross-sectional study was performed on 200 eligible pregnant women with nausea and vomiting at three prenatal care centers in kashan, iran. the participants completed d...

background and objective: depression is commonly reported in patients with obstructive sleep ap- nea/hypopnea syndrome (osas). we aimed to assess the association between osas severity and depressive symptoms in patients with osas. materials and methods : a total of 337 patients with symptoms of osas were visited for psychological testing prior to beginning diagnosis for the syndrome between 201...

OBJECTIVE Previous studies have reported consistent associations between Neuroticism, maladaptive perfectionism and depression with severity of fatigue in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Depression has been considered a mediator factor between maladaptive perfectionism and fatigue severity, but no studies have explored the role of neuroticism in a comparable theoretical framework. This study ai...

OBJECTIVE Depression is a prevalent disorder difficult to diagnose and treat. In particular, depressed patients exhibit largely unpredictable responses to treatment. Toward the goal of personalizing treatment for depression, we develop and evaluate computational models that use electronic health record (EHR) data for predicting the diagnosis and severity of depression, and response to treatment...

background: diabetes is one of the most common diseases worldwide that the number of sufferers in the world reaches 177 million. diabetic patients are more likely to get depressed than others. however, the demographic features of patients could be effective in this regard. the aim of present study was to assess the severity of depression in diabetic patients according to their demographic featu...