Pesquisa de depresión mayor en hipertensos consultantes de la Atención Primaria

Background: Severe depression and hypertension are two common conditions in the Chilean population. There is a possibility that the coexistence ofthese diseases is not a coincidence and that hypertension can be pathogenically related to depression. Aim: To assess the frequency of depression among hy...

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Autores principales:	Dois C,Angelina, Cazenave,Angélica
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2009
Materias:	Depression Hypertension Psychological tests
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720090004000042009-06-25Pesquisa de depresión mayor en hipertensos consultantes de la Atención PrimariaDois C,AngelinaCazenave,Angélica Depression Hypertension Psychological tests Background: Severe depression and hypertension are two common conditions in the Chilean population. There is a possibility that the coexistence ofthese diseases is not a coincidence and that hypertension can be pathogenically related to depression. Aim: To assess the frequency of depression among hypertensive subjects consulting in a primary care clinic. Patients and methods: Beck depression inventory a sociodemographic survey and a risk scale for depression elaborated by the Chilean Ministry ofHealth were applied to 442 hypertensive patients consulting in a public primary care clinic. Results: According to Beck depression inventory score, 53%, 33% and 14% of subjects had a mild, modérate or severe depression, respectively. Most individuáis were housewives with incomplete primary education. There was a significant association between depression scores, family Apgar score, mood perception, family violence, alcohol consumption and smoking. Conclusions: There is a high frequency of depression among adults with hypertension consulting in a public primary care clinic.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.137 n.4 20092009-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872009000400004es10.4067/S0034-98872009000400004
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description	Background: Severe depression and hypertension are two common conditions in the Chilean population. There is a possibility that the coexistence ofthese diseases is not a coincidence and that hypertension can be pathogenically related to depression. Aim: To assess the frequency of depression among hypertensive subjects consulting in a primary care clinic. Patients and methods: Beck depression inventory a sociodemographic survey and a risk scale for depression elaborated by the Chilean Ministry ofHealth were applied to 442 hypertensive patients consulting in a public primary care clinic. Results: According to Beck depression inventory score, 53%, 33% and 14% of subjects had a mild, modérate or severe depression, respectively. Most individuáis were housewives with incomplete primary education. There was a significant association between depression scores, family Apgar score, mood perception, family violence, alcohol consumption and smoking. Conclusions: There is a high frequency of depression among adults with hypertension consulting in a public primary care clinic.
author	Dois C,Angelina Cazenave,Angélica
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title	Pesquisa de depresión mayor en hipertensos consultantes de la Atención Primaria
title_short	Pesquisa de depresión mayor en hipertensos consultantes de la Atención Primaria
title_full	Pesquisa de depresión mayor en hipertensos consultantes de la Atención Primaria
title_fullStr	Pesquisa de depresión mayor en hipertensos consultantes de la Atención Primaria
title_full_unstemmed	Pesquisa de depresión mayor en hipertensos consultantes de la Atención Primaria
title_sort	pesquisa de depresión mayor en hipertensos consultantes de la atención primaria
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2009
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Pesquisa de depresión mayor en hipertensos consultantes de la Atención Primaria

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