TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical correlates and symptom patterns of anxious depression among patients with major depressive disorder in STAR&z.ast;D
AU - Fava, Maurizio
AU - Alpert, Jonathan E.
AU - Carmin, Cheryl N.
AU - Wisniewski, Stephen R.
AU - Trivedi, Madhukar H.
AU - Biggs, Melanie M.
AU - Shores-Wilson, Kathy
AU - Morgan, Don
AU - Schwartz, Terry
AU - Balasubramani, G. K.
AU - Rush, John
PY - 2004/10
Y1 - 2004/10
N2 - Background. Anxious depression, defined as Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with high levels of anxiety symptoms, may represent a relatively common depressive subtype, with distinctive features. Objective. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of anxious depression and to define its clinical correlates and symptom patterns. Method. Baseline clinical and sociodemographic data were collected on 1450 subjects participating in the STAR&z.ast;D study. A baseline Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) Anxiety/Somatization factor score of ≥7 was considered indicative of anxious depression. The types and degree of concurrent psychiatric symptoms were measured using the Psychiatric Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire (PDSQ), by recording the number of items endorsed by study participants for each diagnostic category. MDD symptoms were assessed by clinical telephone interview with the 30-item Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (IDS-C30). Results. The prevalence of anxious depression in this population was 46%. Patients with anxious MDD were significantly more likely to be older, unemployed, less educated, more severely depressed, and to have suicidal ideation before and after adjustment for severity of depression. As far as concurrent psychiatric symptoms are concerned, patients with anxious depression were significantly more likely to endorse symptoms related to generalized anxiety, obsessive compulsive, panic, post-traumatic stress, agoraphobia, hypochondriasis, and somatoform disorders before and after adjustment for severity of depression. Anxious-depression individuals were also significantly less likely to endorse IDS-C30 items concerning atypical features, and were significantly more likely to endorse items concerning melancholic/endogenous depression features. Conclusion. This study supports specific clinical and sociodemographic correlates of MDD associated with high levels of anxiety (anxious depression).
AB - Background. Anxious depression, defined as Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with high levels of anxiety symptoms, may represent a relatively common depressive subtype, with distinctive features. Objective. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of anxious depression and to define its clinical correlates and symptom patterns. Method. Baseline clinical and sociodemographic data were collected on 1450 subjects participating in the STAR&z.ast;D study. A baseline Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) Anxiety/Somatization factor score of ≥7 was considered indicative of anxious depression. The types and degree of concurrent psychiatric symptoms were measured using the Psychiatric Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire (PDSQ), by recording the number of items endorsed by study participants for each diagnostic category. MDD symptoms were assessed by clinical telephone interview with the 30-item Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (IDS-C30). Results. The prevalence of anxious depression in this population was 46%. Patients with anxious MDD were significantly more likely to be older, unemployed, less educated, more severely depressed, and to have suicidal ideation before and after adjustment for severity of depression. As far as concurrent psychiatric symptoms are concerned, patients with anxious depression were significantly more likely to endorse symptoms related to generalized anxiety, obsessive compulsive, panic, post-traumatic stress, agoraphobia, hypochondriasis, and somatoform disorders before and after adjustment for severity of depression. Anxious-depression individuals were also significantly less likely to endorse IDS-C30 items concerning atypical features, and were significantly more likely to endorse items concerning melancholic/endogenous depression features. Conclusion. This study supports specific clinical and sociodemographic correlates of MDD associated with high levels of anxiety (anxious depression).
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U2 - 10.1017/S0033291704002612
DO - 10.1017/S0033291704002612
M3 - Article
C2 - 15697056
AN - SCOPUS:8744271227
SN - 0033-2917
VL - 34
SP - 1299
EP - 1308
JO - Psychological Medicine
JF - Psychological Medicine
IS - 7
ER -