Symptoms of Depression in Patients with Chemosensory Disorders

Chemosenses are frequently reported in patients with chemosensory impairment. The present investigation intends to clarify whether there are differential pacts on symptoms of depression between the types (smell dysfunction, taste dysfunction, and combination smell and taste dysfunction), severe- ity, length or source of dysfunction. At the same time, diminished olfaction input and taste appear to have a detrimental influence on emotional dysfunction aggravation. In patients with mixed olfactory or gustatory dysfunction in clinical practice, early management should be considered for depressure symptoms. The current study sought to compare depressive symptoms in patients with mixed olfactory/gustatory dysfunction, purely olfactory disorder, and gustatory disorder, as well as to investigate the relationships between chemosensory function and depressive symptoms in various groups.

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Symptoms of Depression in Patients with Chemosensory Disorders

Open Access Indonesian Journal of Medical Reviews ◽

10.37275/oaijmr.v1i1.30 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 12-15

Author(s):

M. Tata Suharta

Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Symptoms Of Depression ◽

Emotional Dysfunction ◽

Olfactory Disorder ◽

Taste Dysfunction

Chemosenses are frequently reported in patients with chemosensory impairment.The present investigation intends to clarify whether there are differential pacts onsymptoms of depression between the types (smell dysfunction, taste dysfunction,and combination smell and taste dysfunction), severe- ity, length or source ofdysfunction. At the same time, diminished olfaction input and taste appear tohave a detrimental influence on emotional dysfunction aggravation. In patientswith mixed olfactory or gustatory dysfunction in clinical practice, earlymanagement should be considered for depressure symptoms. The current studysought to compare depressive symptoms in patients with mixedolfactory/gustatory dysfunction, purely olfactory disorder, and gustatorydisorder, as well as to investigate the relationships between chemosensoryfunction and depressive symptoms in various groups.

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Symptoms of Depression in Patients with Chemosensory Disorders

ORL ◽

10.1159/000513751 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 83 (3) ◽

pp. 135-143

Author(s):

Ben Chen ◽

Cara Benzien ◽

Vanda Faria ◽

Yuping Ning ◽

Mandy Cuevas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Linear Regression ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Depression Symptoms ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Symptoms Of Depression ◽

Emotional Dysfunction ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Taste Dysfunction

Introduction: Patients with chemosensory dysfunction frequently report symptoms of depression. The current study aims to clarify whether the type (smell dysfunction, taste dysfunction, and mixed smell and taste dysfunction), severity, duration, or cause of dysfunction have differential impacts on the symptoms of depression. Methods: 899 patients with chemosensory disorders and 62 controls were included. Following a structured interview and an otorhinolaryngological examination, subjects underwent olfactory tests (Sniffin’ Sticks), gustatory tests (taste sprays) and an assessment of depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory). Information on the cause and duration of disorders was also collected. Results: Patients with combined olfactory/gustatory dysfunction had higher depression scores than patients with smell dysfunction only and controls, and no significant difference was found between the smell dysfunction and controls. Anosmia patients, but not hyposmia patients, exhibited higher depression scores than controls. Among various causes of chemosensory disorders, patients from the posttraumatic group had higher depression scores than patients with other causes of chemosensory dysfunction (sinonasal, idiopathic, or postinfectious). Multiple linear regression analyses suggested that reduced olfactory function was associated with enhanced depression scores in the olfactory disorders group (B = −0.326, t = −2.294, and p = 0.02) and in all patients with chemosensory disorders (B = −0.374, t = −2.550, p = 0.017). Discussion/Conclusion: Simultaneously decreased input of olfaction and gustation seems to have an additive effect on the exacerbation of emotional dysfunction. Early intervention should be considered for depression symptoms in patients with mixed olfactory/gustatory dysfunction in clinical practice.

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Examining the Temporal Dynamics of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms During a Therapist-Supported, Smartphone-Based Intervention for Major Depression (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.25280 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Santiago Allende ◽

Valerie Forman-Hoffman ◽

Philippe Goldin

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Temporal Relationship ◽

Temporal Dynamics ◽

Digital Health ◽

Quadratic Function ◽

Depression Symptoms ◽

Symptoms Of Depression ◽

Effect Model ◽

End Of Treatment ◽

Highly Correlated

UNSTRUCTURED Background: Anxiety and depression symptoms are highly correlated in adults with depression; however, little is known about their interaction and temporal dynamics of change during treatment. Thus, the primary aim of this study was to examine the temporal dynamics of anxiety and depressive symptoms during a 12-week therapist-supported, smartphone-delivered digital health intervention for symptoms of depression and anxiety, the Meru Health Program (MHP). Method: A total of 290 participants from the MHP were included in the present analyses (age Mean = 39.64, SD = 10.25 years; 79% female; 54% self-reported psychotropic medication use). A variance components model was used to examine whether (1) reporting greater anxiety during the current week relative to anxiety reported in other weeks would be associated with greater reporting of depressive symptoms during the current week, while a time-varying effect model was used to examine whether, (2) consistent with findings reported by Wright et al. (2014), the temporal relationship between anxiety and depressive symptoms during the intervention would be expressed as a quadratic function marked by a weak association at baseline, followed by an increase to a peak before demonstrating a negligible decrease until the end of treatment. Results: In support of hypothesis 1, we found that reporting greater anxiety symptoms during the current week relative to other weeks was associated with greater depressive symptoms during the current week. Contrary to hypothesis 2, the temporal relationship between anxiety and depressive symptoms evidenced a recurring pattern, with the association increasing during the initial weeks, decreasing during mid-treatment and sharply increasing toward the end of treatment. Conclusions: The present findings demonstrate that anxiety and depressive symptoms overlap and fluctuate in concert during a smartphone-based intervention for anxiety and depressive symptoms. The present findings may warrant more refined intervention strategies specifically tailored to co-occurring patterns of change in symptoms.

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Systematic review: Symptoms of parental depression and anxiety and offspring overweight

Revista de Saúde Pública ◽

10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054001731 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 49

Author(s):

Paula Lobo Marco ◽

Inaê Dutra Valério ◽

Christian Loret de Mola Zanatti ◽

Helen Gonçalves

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Childhood Obesity ◽

Mental Disorder ◽

Common Mental Disorder ◽

Positive Association ◽

Depression And Anxiety ◽

Recurrent Depression ◽

Child Feeding ◽

Middle Income ◽

Symptoms Of Depression

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the existing literature on the association between parents’ depression and anxiety and their influence on their children’s weight during childhood, identifying possible mechanisms involved in this association. METHODS: A systematic search of the literature was conducted in the PubMed, PsycINFO and SciELO databases, using the following descriptors: (maternal OR mother* OR parent* OR paternal OR father) AND (“common mental disorder” OR “mental health” OR “mental disorder” OR “depressive disorder” OR depress* OR anxiety OR “anxiety disorder”) AND (child* OR pediatric OR offspring) AND (overweight OR obes* OR “body mass index” OR BMI). A total of 1,187 articles were found after peer selection. RESULTS: In total, 16 articles that met the inclusion criteria were selected for the review. Most of them investigated depressive symptoms and only three, symptoms of maternal anxiety. The evaluated studies suggested a positive association between symptoms of maternal depression and higher risk of childhood obesity. The results diverged according to the chronicity of depressive symptoms (episodic or recurrent depression) and income of the investigated country (high or middle income). Mechanisms were identified passing by quality of parenthood, affecting behaviors related to physical activity and child-feeding, as mediators of the association. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude there is evidence of a positive relationship between the occurrence of maternal symptoms of depression and anxiety and childhood obesity. It is emphasized the need for a better understanding on the effect of depressive symptoms and the contextual factors involved in this relationship so that effective intervention strategies can be implemented.

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The Prevalence of Symptoms of Depression in An Australian General Population

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.3109/00048678009159356 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 65-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

D. G. Byrne

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

General Population ◽

Random Sample ◽

Clinical Sample ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Clinical Samples ◽

Demographic Differences ◽

Symptoms Of Depression ◽

The Subject ◽

Depressive States

The prevalence of depressive symptoms was estimated in a random sample of an Australian general population by administration of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (S.D.S.). Rates, calculated according to criteria derived from a previously studied clinical sample, were somewhat higher in this population than had been reported in similar studies elsewhere. It was reasoned that this finding related to the relative laxity of criteria employed in the present study. Socio-demographic influences on the reporting of depressive symptoms were evident, the most prominent of these being the sex of the subject. It was suggested that these influences may underlie socio-demographic differences in rates of recognized depressive states occurring within clinical samples.

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The Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Functioning in Older Hispanic/Latino Adults Enrolled in an Exercise Intervention: Results From the “¡Caminemos!” Study

Journal of Aging and Health ◽

10.1177/0898264317696776 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (6) ◽

pp. 843-862 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rosalba Hernandez ◽

Elaine Cheung ◽

Minli Liao ◽

Seth W. Boughton ◽

Lisett G. Tito ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Cognitive Function ◽

Cognitive Functioning ◽

Chronic Conditions ◽

Exercise Intervention ◽

Longitudinal Analyses ◽

Symptoms Of Depression ◽

Intervention Method

Objective: We examined the association between depressive symptoms and cognitive functioning in older Hispanics/Latinos enrolled in an exercise intervention. Method: We analyzed baseline, 1-year, and 2-year in-person interview data collected from Hispanics/Latinos aged ≥60 years participating in an exercise intervention across 27 senior centers ( N = 572). Results: Mean age was 73.13 years; 77% female. At baseline, older adults screening positive for depression were 1.58 times more likely to experience cognitive impairment ( p = .04); controlling for demographics and comorbid chronic conditions. Compared to peers with little to no depressive symptoms, lower cognitive functioning scores were evident at each follow-up assessment point where elevated depressive symptoms were present, but baseline depression was not associated with cognitive function in longitudinal analyses. Discussion: In older Hispanics/Latinos enrolled in an exercise intervention, though baseline depression did not predict cognitive function over time, elevated symptoms of depression were associated with greater cognitive impairment at every point in this study.

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What Lies Beneath: Exploring Different Depressive Symptoms Across Selected Risk Factors in Icelandic Team Sport Athletes

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology ◽

10.1123/jcsp.2020-0040 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 54-79

Author(s):

Richard Tahtinen ◽

Hafrun Kristjansdottir ◽

Daniel T. Olason ◽

Robert Morris

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Depressed Mood ◽

Team Sport ◽

Depressive Symptomology ◽

Symptoms Of Depression ◽

Patient Health ◽

Emotional Aspects ◽

Clinically Significant ◽

Core Symptoms ◽

Specific Symptoms

The aim of the study was to explore the prevalence of specific symptoms of depression in athletes and to test differences in the likelihood of athletes exhibiting these symptoms across age, sex, type of team sport, and level of competition. A sample of Icelandic male and female team sport athletes (N = 894, 18–42 years) was included in the study. Of the athletes exhibiting clinically significant depressive symptoms on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, 37.5% did not exhibit core symptoms of depression. Compared with males, females were significantly more likely to exhibit depressed mood, feelings of worthlessness/guilt, and problems with sleep, fatigue, appetite, and concentration. Within males, differences were mostly related to neurovegetative aspects of depression (sleep and appetite), whereas in females, differences were related to cognitive/emotional aspects (e.g., depressed mood, guilt/worthlessness). The findings underline the importance of exploring specific symptoms of depression to provide a richer understanding of depressive symptomology in athletes.

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Depressive symptoms and web user experience

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.4439 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. e4439 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Meinald T. Thielsch ◽

Carolin Thielsch

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Mental Disorders ◽

User Experience ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Drop Out ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Subjective Perception ◽

Depression Severity ◽

Symptoms Of Depression ◽

The Impact

Background Depression, as one of the most prevalent mental disorders, is expected to become a leading cause of disability. While evidence-based treatments are not always easily accessible, Internet-based information and self-help appears as a promising approach to improve the strained supply situation by avoiding barriers of traditional offline treatment. User experience in the domain of mental problems therefore emerges as an important research topic. The aim of our study is to investigate the impact of depressive symptoms on subjective and objective measures of web user experience. Method In this two-part online study (Ntotal = 721) we investigate the relationship between depressive symptoms of web users and basic website characteristics (i.e., content, subjective and objective usability, aesthetics). Participants completed search and memory tasks on different fully-functional websites. In addition, they were asked to evaluate the given websites with standardized measures and were screened for symptoms of depression using the PHQ-9. We used structural equation modeling (SEM) to determine whether depression severity affects users’ perception of and performance in using information websites. Results We found significant associations between depressive symptoms and subjective user experience, specifically of website content, usability, and aesthetics, as well as an effect of content perception on the overall appraisal of a website in terms of the intention to visit it again. Small yet significant negative effects of depression severity on all named subjective website evaluations were revealed, leading to an indirect negative effect on the intention to revisit a website via impaired content perceptions. However, objective task performance was not influenced by depressiveness of users. Discussion Depression emerges as capable of altering the subjective perception of a website to some extend with respect to the main features content, usability, and aesthetics. The user experience of a website is crucial, especially as it facilitates revisiting a website and thus might be relevant in avoiding drop-out in online interventions. Thus, the biased impression of persons affected by symptoms of depression and resulting needs of those users should be considered when designing and evaluating E-(Mental)-Health-platforms. The high prevalence of some mental disorders such as depression in the general population stresses the need for further investigations of the found effects.

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Symptoms of Depression in a Large Healthy Population Cohort are related to Subjective Memory Complaints and Memory Performance in Negative Contexts

10.1101/101642 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Susanne Schweizer ◽

Rogier A. Kievit ◽

Tina Emery ◽

Richard N. Henson ◽

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

General Population ◽

Memory Performance ◽

Large Population ◽

Healthy Population ◽

Subjective Memory Complaints ◽

Subjective Memory ◽

Symptoms Of Depression ◽

Memory Complaints ◽

The Impact

AbstractDecades of research have investigated the impact of clinical depression on memory, which has revealed biases and in some cases impairments. However, little is understood about the effects of sub-clinical symptoms of depression on memory performance in the general population. Here we report the effects of symptoms of depression on memory problems in a large population-derived cohort (N = 2544), 87% of whom reported at least one symptom of depression. Specifically, we investigate the impact of depressive symptoms on subjective memory complaints, objective memory performance on a standard neuropsychological task and, in a subsample (n = 288), objective memory in affective contexts. There was a dissociation between subjective and objective memory performance, with depressive symptoms showing a robust relationship with self-reports of memory complaints, even after adjusting for age, gender, general cognitive ability and symptoms of anxiety, but not with performance on the standardised measure of verbal memory. Contrary to our expectations, hippocampal volume (assessed in a subsample, n = 592) did not account for significant variance in subjective memory, objective memory or depressive symptoms. Nonetheless, depressive symptoms were related to poorer memory for pictures presented in negative contexts, even after adjusting for memory for pictures in neutral contexts. Thus the symptoms of depression, associated with subjective memory complaints, appear better assessed by memory performance in affective contexts, rather than standardised memory measures. We discuss the implications of these findings for understanding the impact of depressive symptoms on memory functioning in the general population.

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Comparative Efficacy of Seven Exercise interventions for Symptoms of depression in college students: a network of meta-analysis

10.21203/rs.2.13156/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Shengyu Guo ◽

Fuying Li ◽

Yan Yang ◽

Ling Chen

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Usual Care ◽

Tai Chi ◽

Exercise Intervention ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Eligibility Criteria ◽

Exercise Interventions ◽

Symptoms Of Depression ◽

Depressed College Students

Abstract Background Depression among college students is common, exercise interventions are valued as one of the most widely prescribed interventions for depressed college students, however, it is especially difficult for university administrators to determine which exercise intervention is most effective, and efficacy of exercise interventions among depressed college students have not been evaluated. Objectives To systematically review and compare the efficacy of Seven Exercise interventions for Symptoms of depression in college students. Method A network of meta-analysis was conducted to fill the objectives. PubMed, Embase databases, and two Chinese language electronic databases WANFANG and CNKI were searched for the related articles. Eligibility criteria Randomized controlled trials comparing the efficacy of Seven Exercise interventions with usual care of college students with depression were included in the review. Main outcomes The Primary outcome of the present study were standardized mean difference(SMD) and the mean change of depressive symptoms. Results 14 trials were identified, including 2010 depressed college students. The result of direct meta-analysis of this review indicated exercise interventions overall had a significantly lower mean depression scores (SMD=-1.13) when compared with usual care. The result of NMA indicated when comparing with badminton intervention, yoga(SMD=-7.7, 95%CI -14 to -0.93) and tai chi (SMD=-9.4, 95%CI -16 to -2.7) can significantly decrease depression scores of the depressed college students. The rank of seven exercise interventions with respect to efficiently decrease symptom of depressed undergraduates was Tai chi > Yoga > Volleyball > Dance > Run> Basketball> Badminton, respectively. Conclusions Tai chi exhibited the highest probability that became the most efficacy intervention among the comparions, and Yoga showed the second most effectiveness to alleviate depressive symptoms of depressed college students, and dance ranks the third, followed by run, volleyball, basketball, badminton respectively.

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