We studied emotional health in patients with diabetes mellitus (n = 89) or rheumatoid arthritis (n = 100) aged 18-65 years, at the time of diagnosis and after 24 months. Predictors for depression or anxiety according to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale after 2 years were assessed by logistic regression, with psychosocial factors and coping as dependent factors. There were many similari...

The objective of this study was to identify the frequency of anxiety and depression symptoms by verifying the association between anxiety traits, current depression and anxiety symptoms in fibromyalgia patients. Interviews were performed with 60 subjects diagnosed with fibromyalgia at the Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic at Universidade Federal de Sergipe between August 2007 and March 2008, in wh...

BACKGROUND Myocardial infarction is a major cause of death and morbidity in many countries, including China. The aim of this study was to analyse a Mandarin Chinese translation of the Cardiac Depression Scale for a hierarchy of items according to the criteria of Mokken scaling. FINDINGS Data from 438 Chinese participants who completed the Chinese translation of the Cardiac Depression Scale we...

Objectives: The present study aimed to examine the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) group therapy on anxiety, depression, stress, and the Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) in infertile women receiving In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Methods: This was a randomized clinical trial with a pre-test/post-test and 3-month follow-up design. The study sample included 30 women with infer...

BACKGROUND Although depression and anxiety disorders are very common in people with epilepsy; there are no studies that assessed the magnitude and associated factors among epileptic people in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study determined prevalence and associated factors of depression and anxiety disorders in people with epilepsy. METHOD An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted f...

effects of cardiac rehabilitation and relaxation therapy on anxiety and depression in patients with cardiac syndrome x refer to urmia medical science hospitals     feizi a [1] *, khalkhali hr [2] , dehghani mr [3] , sheikhi s [4] , ghaderi ch [5]     received: 13apr, 2012 accepted: 23may, 2012   abstract   background & aims : due to the uncertain etiology and adverse consequent of cardiac syndr...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the relations of locus of control, rumination, and worry with depression and anxiety in a sample of depressed and anxious patients. a second purpose of the study was to examine the mediating role of rumination and worry on the relationship between locus of control with depression and anxiety. one hundred and twelve patients with major depression a...