background: depression is common in chronic medical illnesses including hf. it has been established that depression has different rates in different races and the reported depression rates among hospitalized patients range from 13% to 77%; nevertheless, there is remarkably little information on the prevalence of depression and the   impact of demographic and health status in the north of iran ....

OBJECTIVE This study evaluates the capacity of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) implemented in the first days postpartum to detect women who will suffer from postnatal depression. METHOD A sample of 1154 women completed the EPDS at 2 to 3 days postpartum and again at 4 to 6 weeks postpartum. RESULTS There was a highly significant positive correlation between EPDS scores on bo...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of postnatal depression in Nuuk, Greenland. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHODS The primary health care system in Nuuk initiated a project aiming to screen new mothers for depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). EPDS has a range on a scale from 0 to 30. All mothers residing in Nuuk who had given ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS) for the Turkish population. METHOD The research was conducted in the province of Ankara between 15 June 2003 and 15 February 2004. The study sample included 445 women in their 2nd-13th postpartum week. Data were collected with a sociodemographic form, PDSS, Beck De...

background: mothers are highly vulnerable to depression within the first year after childbirth. approximately 10-20% of mothers suffer from depression during this period, and half of these women with symptoms of prominent postpartum depression (ppd) remain undiagnosed. the edinburgh postnatal depression scale (epds) is the most widely applied screening instrument for ppd evaluation. in this stu...

objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of fish oil supplementation on antenatal and postpartum depression score. methods this was a randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled trial. we enrolled 150 eligible pregnant women with edinburgh postnatal depression scale (epds) score of less than 20, aged 18 to 35 from feburary 2014 to april 2015 in tabriz, iran. participants wer...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a disease that rheumatologists feel confident in recognising in their daily practice. In the classic form, its diagnosis is straightforward and standard corticosteroidal treatment usually yields excellent results, at least in the first months. In contrast with the feeling that PMR is a disease that can be readily treated, the aetiology and pathogenesis are still ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a disease that rheumatologists feel confident in recognising in their daily practice. In the classic form, its diagnosis is straightforward and standard corticosteroidal treatment usually yields excellent results, at least in the first months. In contrast with the feeling that PMR is a disease that can be readily treated, the aetiology and pathogenesis are still ...

to determine the level of anxiety and depression in hospitalized patients in surgical and internal departments. a cross sectional study on 359 hospitalized patients who were recruited from internal and surgical wards of khatam alanbia hospital. hospital anxiety and depression scale was used to collect information. borderline cases of anxiety and depression were 26.7% and 24.8%. probable cases o...