Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Mortality in Medical Inpatients

• Published in: Psychosomatics (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 426 - 432
• Main Authors: Furlanetto, Leticia M., Von Ammon Cavanaugh, Stephanie, Bueno, Joao Romildo, Creech, Steven D., Powell, Lynda H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Elsevier Inc 01.09.2000; American Psychiatric Press; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil; Cause of Death; Chronic Disease - mortality; Chronic Disease - psychology; Depression; Depression - mortality; Depression - psychology; Depressive Disorder, Major - mortality; Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Illness and personality; Illness, stress and coping; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mood disorders; Prognosis; Psychology and medicine; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Sick Role; Survival Analysis; Brazil; Mood disorder; Human; Disease; Hope hopelessness; General hospital; Mortality; Prediction; Sleep disorder; Anhedonia; Depression; Symptomatology; Pain; Treatment; Follow up study; Insomnia; Clinical investigation; Comparative study; Somatic disease

The authors interviewed a consecutive series of medical inpatients ( N = 241) using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia to determine which depressive symptoms are associated with in-hospital mortality. Fifteen depressive symptoms, pain, and physical discomfort were assessed along...