BACKGROUND Depression is identified as a risk factor for dementia. Little research has been carried out on the importance of anxiety, despite strong evidence of co-morbidity with depression. OBJECTIVE To examine the association of anxiety and depression with future dementia diagnosis. METHODS This case-control study was set in the Consultations in Primary Care Archive. Cases (n = 400), wer...

Background: Depression and anxiety had negative effects on the quality of life of cancer patients, thus hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) is a useful instrument for screening these problems. This research was performed to assess the prevalence of their anxiety and depression. Methods: From 2012-2013, one hundred fifty patients with recent diagnosis of different cancers in Babol, Ira...

PURPOSE To assess the impact of pain severity and time to diagnosis of depression on health care costs for primary care patients with pre-existing unexplained pain symptoms who subsequently received a diagnosis of depression. PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective cohort study analyzed 4000 adults with unexplained pain (defined as painful physical symptoms [PPS] without any probable organic ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the impact of chronic medical conditions on depression diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care in primary care settings. DESIGN This was a cross-sectional study that used interviewer-administered surveys and medical record reviews. Three hundred fifteen participants were recruited from 3 public primary care clinics. Depression diagnosis, guideline-concordant treatment, ...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of post-coronary artery disease (CAD) depression diagnosis on heart failure (HF) incidence. BACKGROUND Depression has been shown to be a risk factor for poor outcomes among CAD patients. However, little is known about the influence of depression on HF development in CAD patients. METHODS Patients (n = 13,708) without a diagn...