Screening for depression in the rural population in Udmurtia

Pakriev, Sergei; Vasar, Veiko; Aluoja, Anu; Saarma, Märt; Shlik, Jakov

doi:10.3109/08039489709090726

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“…Another limitation of the present study is that assessment of depression in our study is based on the self-lled scale (DEPS) and cannot therefore be directly generalized to clinical depression. However, the earlier studies showed that DEPS has high sensitivity for clinical depression and high speci city for non-depression (12,15).…”

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“…For the analyses the patients were divided into two groups by using a cut-off point of 9: the patients with a DEPS score of 0 -8 were called ''non-depressive'', and those with 9 and higher were called ''depressive''. The earlier studies of DEPS showed that the best balance between sensitivity (the percentage of correctly diagnosed cases of clinical depression) and speci city (the percentage of correctly identi ed cases of non-depression) was obtained for a cut-off point of 9 (12,15). In statistical analyses the differences in the RSES between the patients groups were tested with the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t test.…”

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Causal and pathoplastic risk factors of depression: Findings of the Tampere Depression Project

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Poutanen

Salakangas

2002

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

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Factors associated with low self-esteem in non-depressive subjects increase the individual's vulnerability to depression (causal risk factors), and factors correlated to low self-esteem in depressive subjects make the current disorder more severe (pathoplastic risk factors). Using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Depression Scale we intended to explore correlates of low self-esteem in non-depressive and depressive subjects in a random sample of 1643 individuals attending community health centres in Central Finland. According to our study, self-esteem in non-depressive men was affected mainly by poor socioeconomic situation; in depressive men particularly low self-esteem was associated with negative family factors. Low self-esteem in non-depressive women was correlated to poor socioeconomic situation, poor health, and negative family factors. In depressive women self-esteem was affected by poor physical and poor mental health. Taking into consideration causal and pathoplastic risk factors, general practitioners can improve recognition of depression. By paying attention to pathoplastic factors, it is possible to improve detection of more severe forms of depression.

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