Categories of Depression: Reported Life Events in a Controlled Design

1985 ◽  
Vol 147 (6) ◽  
pp. 641-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Traolach S. Brugha ◽  
Ronan Conroy
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Major Life Event ◽  
Control Study

In a case control study, 32 onset cases of depression, separated into PSE-CATEGO Categories N and R, were compared with individually matched symptom free general practice attenders. Combining both categories of depressives together a significantly greater number reported an Undesirable Life Event and a Threatening Life Event in the six months prior to onset, compared with their matched controls. Significantly more CATEGO R (retarded or endogenous) depressives reported an Independent Threatening event than their matched controls. These findings do not support the view that depression secondary to a major life event is more likely to be mild in character.

scholarly journals Major Stressful Life Events and Risk of Developing Lung Cancer: A Case-Control Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 117955491983579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed H Jafri ◽  
Faisal Ali ◽  
Arash Mollaeian ◽  
Syed Mojiz Hasan ◽  
Rahat Hussain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Stressful Life Event ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Prior History ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Control Study

Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality and is strongly linked with smoking. We sought to determine whether major stressful life events (e.g. divorce) are also a risk factor for developing lung cancers. Methods: We performed a matched case-control study. Cases (CA) were lung cancer patients diagnosed within the previous 12 months. Controls (CO) were patients without a prior history of malignancy. Data on major stressful life events were collected using the modified Holmes-Rahe stress scale. The primary endpoint was the odds of having a major stressful life event between CA and CO. A sample of 360 patients (CA = 120, CO = 240) was needed to achieve 80% power to detect an odds ratio (OR) of 2.00 versus the alternative of equal odds using χ2 = 0.05. Results: Between May 2015 and December 2016, we enrolled 301 patients (CA = 102, CO = 199), matched for median age (CA = 64.4 years, CO = 63.9 years), sex (CA-Male = 48%, CO-Male = 49.2%), and smoking status (ever smoker, CA = 84%, CO = 85%). There was no difference in lifetime stressful life event rate between CA and CO (95% vs 93.9%; P = .68). However, CA were significantly more likely to have had a stressful event within the preceding 5 years than CO (CA = 77.4% vs CO = 65.8%; P = .03, OR = 1.78). β-blocker use was significantly higher among CO (CA = 29.4%, CO = 49.7%; P = .0007, OR = 0.42), suggesting a protective effect. Conclusion: Patients with lung cancer are significantly more likely to have had a major stressful life event within the preceding 5 years. In addition, use of β-blockers may be protective against lung cancer.

Stressful life events and psychiatric comorbidity in acne–a case control study

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. e12340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swapna Bondade ◽  
Abhineetha Hosthota ◽  
Vinay Basavaraju
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Psychiatric Comorbidity ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Control Study

scholarly journals Cough due to ace inhibitors: a case-control study using automated general practice data

1996 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 439-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. E. Visser ◽  
A. E. Vlug ◽  
J. van der Lei ◽  
B. H. C. Stricker
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Ace Inhibitors ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Control Study

scholarly journals Association of Striking Life Events with Primary Breast Cancer: a Case-Control Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. iv107
Author(s):  
Y. Lin ◽  
S. Wang ◽  
C. Wang ◽  
Y. Zhong ◽  
G. Shan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Primary Breast Cancer ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Control Study

scholarly journals Smoking, the environment and meningococcal disease: a case control study

1994 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Stanwell ◽  
J. M. Stuart ◽  
A. O. Hughes ◽  
P. Robinson ◽  
M. B. Griffin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Meningococcal Disease ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Response Relationship ◽  
Dose Response Relationship ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Control Study

SUMMARYThis case control study investigated environmental factors in 74 confirmed cases of meningococcal disease (MD). In children aged under 5, passive smoking in the home (30 or more cigarettes daily) was associated with an odds ratio (OR) of 7.5 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.46–38.66). ORs increased both with the numbers of cigarettes smoked and with the number of smokers in the household, suggesting a dose–response relationship. MD in this age group was also significantly associated with household overcrowding (more than 1.5 persons per room) (OR 6.0, 95% CI 1.10–32.8), with kisses on the mouth with 4 or more contacts in the previous 2 weeks (OR 2.46, 95% CI 1.09–5.56), with exposure to dust from plaster, brick or stone in the previous 2 weeks (OR 2.24, 95% CI 1.07–4.65); and with changes in residence (OR 3.0, 95% CI 1.0–8.99), marital arguments (OR 3.0, 95 % CI 1.26–7.17) and legal disputes in the previous 6 months (OR 3.10, 95% CI 1.24–7.78). These associations were independent of social class. Public health measures to lower the prevalence of cigarette smoking by parents of young children may reduce the incidence of MD. The influence of building dust and stressful life events merits further investigation.

Recent life events and suicide: A case-control study in Tallinn and Frankfurt

2006 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 2887-2896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kairi Kõlves ◽  
Airi Värnik ◽  
Barbara Schneider ◽  
Jürgen Fritze ◽  
Jüri Allik
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Control Study
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