PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS B AND C PATIENTS TREATED WITH ‎INTERFERON

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ALAVIAN M.; TAVALAEI A.; HOSSEINI SEYED MORTEZA; HEDAYATI M.R.; SEPEHRINIA A.

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Journal: KOWSAR MEDICAL JOURNAL Year:2007 | Volume:12 | Issue:2 Page(s): 161-167

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PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS B AND C PATIENTS TREATED WITH ‎INTERFERON

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CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITISQ4

INTERFERONQ3

BECK TESTQ3

DEPRESSIONQ2

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Objective: CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS is a common disease that has variable Prevalence in the world. In our country about 2 millions are carrier of HBV and about 200-300 thousands of them have chronic liver disease. Psychological symptoms as DEPRESSION in the patients are related to: chronicity of the disease, drugs such as INTERFERON used in the treatment and the fear of complications. We decided to study the prevalence of DEPRESSION in these patients. Materials and Methods: Our study is a cross-sectional study that done in Tehran hepatitis center. Two questionnaires used in this study. The first included demographic information and progressing of the disease and another was Beck questionnaire. BECK TEST is a standard questionnaire for evaluation of DEPRESSION. Result: In the current study 290 patients were evaluated. Average age was 37.4±11.4 years (Min=18 years and Max=69 years). From all of the patients 226 (77.9%) were male and 46 (22.1%) were female. The average of Beck score in men was 10.5±9.2 and in women 14.6±10.5 that this difference was statistically significant (p<0.002). The rate of DEPRESSION in the patients treated with INTERFERON (INF) was 86.7%, in patients treated with INF-Ribaverin was 59.5%, in patients with no treatment was 37.6 and in patients treated with lamivudine was 35.5% and treatment by INTERFERON had significant difference with all of the groups (p<0.01). Conclusion: According to high prevalence of DEPRESSION in the patients under treatment with INF, it seems that psychological assessment and treatment is necessary.

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ALAVIAN, M., TAVALAEI, A., HOSSEINI, SEYED MORTEZA, HEDAYATI, M.R., & SEPEHRINIA, A.. (2007). PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS B AND C PATIENTS TREATED WITH ‎INTERFERON. KOWSAR MEDICAL JOURNAL, 12(2), 161-167. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/32817/en

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ALAVIAN M., TAVALAEI A., HOSSEINI SEYED MORTEZA, HEDAYATI M.R., SEPEHRINIA A.. PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS B AND C PATIENTS TREATED WITH ‎INTERFERON. KOWSAR MEDICAL JOURNAL[Internet]. 2007;12(2):161-167. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/32817/en

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M. ALAVIAN, A. TAVALAEI, SEYED MORTEZA HOSSEINI, M.R. HEDAYATI, and A. SEPEHRINIA, “PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS B AND C PATIENTS TREATED WITH ‎INTERFERON,” KOWSAR MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 161–167, 2007, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/32817/en

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