Prevalence and Correlates of Major Depressive Disorder in Nigerian Outpatients With Heart Failure

This study aims to estimate the prevalence and correlates of major depressive disorder (MDD) in Nigerian outpatients with heart failure. Authors assessed patients with heart failure (N = 102) for DSM-IV diagnosis of MDD and obtained sociodemographic and clinical data. MDD was found in 28 (27.5%) of...

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Published in:	Psychosomatics (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 47; no. 6; pp. 479 - 485
Main Authors:	Adewuya, Abiodun O., Ola, Bola A., Ajayi, Olufemi E., Oyedeji, Adebayo O., Balogun, Michael O., Mosaku, Steven K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC Elsevier Inc 01-11-2006 American Psychiatric Press Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Adult and adolescent clinical studies Aged Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Comorbidity Depression Depressive Disorder, Major - epidemiology Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Female Heart Heart Failure - epidemiology Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mood disorders Nigeria - epidemiology Outpatients Prevalence Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Somatoform disorders. Psychosomatics Nigeria Mood disorder Human Heart failure Prevalence Heart disease Cardiovascular disease Depression Epidemiology Public health
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