An American Validation Study of the Newcastle Diagnostic Scale: I. Relationship with the Dexamethasone Suppression Test

1986 ◽  
Vol 149 (5) ◽  
pp. 627-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Zimmerman ◽  
B. Pfohl ◽  
D. Stangl ◽  
W. Coryell
Keyword(s):  
Validation Study ◽  
Endogenous Depression ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression ◽  
Diagnostic Index

The Newcastle diagnostic index was completed on 159 depressedin-patients, who received the dexamethasone suppression test during their first week in hospital. Patients suffering from endogenous depression had a significantly higher rate of DST non-suppression, were older, were more frequently psychotic, and more frequently lost weight; even after con trolling for these variables, DST non-suppression was significantly more frequent in the endogenous group. The relationship between Newcastle scores and the frequency of DST non-suppression was non-linear.

Are depression and denutrition good predictors of dexamethasone suppression test (DST) in anorexia nervosa?

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 411-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Massoubre ◽  
F Lang ◽  
L Millot ◽  
M Pichon ◽  
B Estour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Serum Cortisol ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Stepwise Logistic Regression ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Depression Scales ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

SummaryThis study was conducted to investigate the corticotropic axis in anorexia nervosa. In 93 female inpatients who met DSM-III-R criteria for anorexia nervosa, subsample (n = 64) with DSM-III criteria was also considered. Using stepwise regression analysis, this study examined the relationship between independent variables ie, age, body mass index, scores on depression scales and postdexamethasone serum cortisol, considered as a dependent variable. In patients who met DSM-III criteria, 16.7% of the variance of serum cortisol can be explained. The main predictors are depressive retardation, emaciation and age. Using stepwise logistic regression the main categorical predictors of the test suppression vs non suppression are of the same nature. The condition of realisation of DST are discussed.

Ventricular size, the dexamethasone suppression test and outcome of severe endogenous depression following psychosurgery

1985 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. A. S. Standish-Barry ◽  
A. S. Hale ◽  
A. Honig ◽  
N. Bouras ◽  
P. K. Bridges ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endogenous Depression ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Ventricular Size ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

Dexamethasone suppression test and TRH test in endogenous depression

1983 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 258-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Aggernses ◽  
C. Kirkegaard ◽  
I. Krog-Meyer ◽  
B. Kijne ◽  
J. K. Larsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endogenous Depression ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Trh Test ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

Study of the diagnostic value of the dexamethasone suppression test in endogenous depression

1984 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.Toscano Aguilar ◽  
M. Lemaire ◽  
P. Castro ◽  
M. Libotte ◽  
J. Reynders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endogenous Depression ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression Test ◽  
Suppression Test ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression
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