scholarly journals Readiness for Hospital Discharge of Adult Patients with Major Depressive Disorder in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 15 ◽  
pp. 1681-1692
Author(s):  
Lile Xiong ◽  
Yingying Liu ◽  
Qiongni Chen ◽  
Yusheng Tian ◽  
Min Yang
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Hospital Discharge ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Cross Sectional

Investigation of associations between recurrence of major depressive disorder and spinal posture alignment: A quantitative cross-sectional study

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 258-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janette Z. Canales ◽  
Juliana T. Fiquer ◽  
Rodolfo N. Campos ◽  
Márcio Gerhardt Soeiro-de-Souza ◽  
Ricardo Alberto Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Spinal Posture

scholarly journals Morning and nocturnal serum melatonin rhythm levels in patients with major depressive disorder: an analytical cross-sectional study

2012 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahnaz Khaleghipour ◽  
Mohsen Masjedi ◽  
Hassan Ahade ◽  
Meersalahodin Enayate ◽  
Gholamreza Pasha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Biological Rhythms ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Clinical Trial Registration ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Depressed Patients

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The pineal gland is an adaptive organ that precisely regulates the biological rhythms of melatonin brain hemostasis. Variation in the regulation of melatonin rhythms is a likely cause of depressive disorder. The purpose of this study was to measure serum melatonin levels in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and normal control subjects. DESIGN AND SETTING: Analytical cross-sectional study at the industrial medical unit of the Iron Smelting Company of Isfahan, Iran. METHODS: The morning and nocturnal serum melatonin levels of patients and controls were measured using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method. All data were assessed using variance analysis. RESULTS: The morning and nocturnal serum melatonin levels of depressed and healthy subjects differed (P < 0.05). The nocturnal serum melatonin levels of depressed women were lower than those of depressed men (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study showed that the nocturnal serum melatonin levels in the depressed patients were lower than in the controls. Thus, the peak melatonin phase in the depressed patients was reached with delay. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT01357083

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