Depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use in hepatitis C patients: prevalence and correlates
| Autor: | Ana Teresa de Abreu Ramos Cerqueira, Giovanni Faria Silva, Danusa de Almeida Machado, Albina Rodrigues Torres |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine Alcohol Drinking lcsh:RC955-962 Alcohol abuse Population Logistic regression Social support Young Adult Risk Factors Prevalence Medicine Humans education Psychiatry Aged education.field_of_study Depressive Disorder Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test business.industry Depression Depressive symptoms Beck Depression Inventory Hepatitis C Hepatitis C Chronic Middle Aged medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors Alcohol harmful use Parasitology Female business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 47, Iss 2, Pp 149-157 (2014) SciELO Repositório Institucional da UNESP Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) instacron:UNESP Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.47 n.2 2014 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) instacron:SBMT Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 149-157, Published: APR 2014 |
| ISSN: | 1678-9849 0037-8682 |
| Popis: | Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-01T13:08:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-04-01Bitstream added on 2014-10-01T14:03:03Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S0037-86822014000200149.pdf: 733668 bytes, checksum: db7f988946e0d18b4b2b51470f3d75af (MD5) Introduction It is important to understand the characteristics and vulnerabilities of people who have hepatitis C because this disease is currently an important public health problem. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use in patients with hepatitis C and to study the association between these outcomes and demographic, psychosocial and clinical variables. Methods This cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study involved 82 hepatitis C patients who were being treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin at a public university hospital. The primary assessments used in the study were the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and the Beck Depression Inventory. Bivariate analyses were followed by logistic regression. Results The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 30.5% (n=25), and that of harmful alcohol use was 34.2% (n=28). Logistic regression analysis showed that individuals who were dissatisfied with their social support (OR=4.41; CI=1.00-19.33) and were unemployed (OR=6.31; CI=1.44-27.70) were at a higher risk for depressive symptoms, whereas harmful alcohol use was associated with the male sex (OR=6.78; CI=1.38-33.19) and the use of illicit substances (OR=7.42; CI=1.12-49.00). Conclusions High prevalence rates of depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use were verified, indicating vulnerabilities that must be properly monitored and treated to reduce emotional suffering in this population. Universidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Departamento de Neurologia, Psicologia e Psiquiatria Universidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Departamento de Clínica Médica Universidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Departamento de Neurologia, Psicologia e Psiquiatria Universidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Departamento de Clínica Médica |
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