1. Prevalence and severity of depression in chronic viral hepatitis in Iran
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Amir Hussein Tavakoli, Taraneh Dormohammadi Toosi, Mohsen Nasiri Toosi, Mojgan Mirabdolhagh Hazaveh, and Fatemeh Shahbazi
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medicine.medical_specialty ,HBsAg ,business.industry ,Gastroenterology ,Hepatitis C ,Original Articles ,Hepatitis B ,medicine.disease ,Depression screening ,Chronic hepatitis ,Internal medicine ,depression ,Medicine ,chronic hepatitis ,hepatitis B ,Disease management (health) ,hepatitis C ,business ,Psychiatry ,Viral hepatitis ,Depression (differential diagnoses) - Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence and severity of depression in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients, chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients, and healthy participants. Methods: Two hundred and fifty-three persons participated in this cross-sectional study between 2011 and 2012 in Imam Khomeini Hospital. The prevalence and severity of depression were assessed using the Hamilton Scale. Results: There was significantly higher prevalence of depression in CHC patients (35.9%) than in healthy participants (11.3%) and CHB patients (19.8%) (both P 0.05). Inactive HBsAg carriers differed significantly from CHB patients—excluding inactive HBsAg carriers—in depression prevalence (10.0% vs. 29.3%; P 0.05). Conclusion: Depression screening in chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C patients may be beneficial in disease management.
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- 2015