TY - JOUR
T1 - The symptom profile of vascular depression
AU - Naarding, P.
AU - Veereschild, M.
AU - Bremmer, M.A.
AU - Deeg, D.J.H.
AU - Beekman, A.T.F.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - OBJECTIVES: Vascular depression is regarded as a subtype of depression, especially in--but not limited strictly to--older persons, and characterized by a specific clinical presentation and an association with (cerebro)vascular risk and disease. It is also known that depression is a risk factor in the development of myocardial infarction. The possibility of identifying depressed subjects at risk of a first cardiac event by their clinical presentation in general practice would have significant implications. METHODS: We studied the baseline depression symptom profiles of subjects in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam and compared the profile of depressed subjects who had and had not suffered a first cardiac event at a follow-up after eight years. RESULTS: We could not confirm the specific symptom profile in depressed subjects who suffered from a first cardiac event at follow-up. Most notably, the presumed specific symptoms of vascular depression, psychomotor retardation, and anhedonia were not significantly associated with the occurrence of a first cardiac event at follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: In this large community study we failed to identify a difference in the depression symptom profile between incident cardiac and non-cardiac cases. Copyright (c) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
AB - OBJECTIVES: Vascular depression is regarded as a subtype of depression, especially in--but not limited strictly to--older persons, and characterized by a specific clinical presentation and an association with (cerebro)vascular risk and disease. It is also known that depression is a risk factor in the development of myocardial infarction. The possibility of identifying depressed subjects at risk of a first cardiac event by their clinical presentation in general practice would have significant implications. METHODS: We studied the baseline depression symptom profiles of subjects in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam and compared the profile of depressed subjects who had and had not suffered a first cardiac event at a follow-up after eight years. RESULTS: We could not confirm the specific symptom profile in depressed subjects who suffered from a first cardiac event at follow-up. Most notably, the presumed specific symptoms of vascular depression, psychomotor retardation, and anhedonia were not significantly associated with the occurrence of a first cardiac event at follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: In this large community study we failed to identify a difference in the depression symptom profile between incident cardiac and non-cardiac cases. Copyright (c) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.2203
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.2203
M3 - Article
C2 - 19226528
SN - 0885-6230
VL - 24
SP - 965
EP - 969
JO - International journal of geriatric psychiatry
JF - International journal of geriatric psychiatry
IS - 9
ER -