Factors Associated with Psychiatric Comorbidity in Depression Patients in Primary Health Care in Chile.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the clinical and psychosocial factors associated with psychiatric comorbidity in patients consulting for depression in Primary Health Care (PHC) in Chile.

Methods

394 patients with a diagnosis of major depression being treated in a Chilean PHC were evaluated using a sociodemographic and clinical interview, the mini-international neuropsychiatric interview (MINI), a childhood trauma events (CTEs) screening, the intimate partner violence (IPV) scale, the Life Experiences Survey (LES), and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS).

Results

Positive correlations were established between higher number of psychiatric comorbidities and severity of depressive symptoms (r = 0.358), frequency of CTEs (r = 0.228), frequency of IPV events (r = 0.218), freq

SUBMITTER: Cancino A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6188730 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature