Depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use in hepatitis C patients: prevalence and correlates

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dc.contributor.authorMachado, Danusa De Almeida
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Giovanni Faria [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorTorres, Albina Rodrigues [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCerqueira, Ana Teresa de Abreu Ramos [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-01T13:08:37Z
dc.date.available2014-10-01T13:08:37Z
dc.date.issued2014-04-01
dc.description.abstractIntroduction It is important to understand the characteristics and vulnerabilities of people who have hepatitis C because this disease is currently an important public health problem. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use in patients with hepatitis C and to study the association between these outcomes and demographic, psychosocial and clinical variables. Methods This cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study involved 82 hepatitis C patients who were being treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin at a public university hospital. The primary assessments used in the study were the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and the Beck Depression Inventory. Bivariate analyses were followed by logistic regression. Results The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 30.5% (n=25), and that of harmful alcohol use was 34.2% (n=28). Logistic regression analysis showed that individuals who were dissatisfied with their social support (OR=4.41; CI=1.00-19.33) and were unemployed (OR=6.31; CI=1.44-27.70) were at a higher risk for depressive symptoms, whereas harmful alcohol use was associated with the male sex (OR=6.78; CI=1.38-33.19) and the use of illicit substances (OR=7.42; CI=1.12-49.00). Conclusions High prevalence rates of depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use were verified, indicating vulnerabilities that must be properly monitored and treated to reduce emotional suffering in this population.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Departamento de Neurologia, Psicologia e Psiquiatria
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Departamento de Clínica Médica
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Departamento de Neurologia, Psicologia e Psiquiatria
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Departamento de Clínica Médica
dc.format.extent149-157
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0270-2013
dc.identifier.citationRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT, v. 47, n. 2, p. 149-157, 2014.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/0037-8682-0270-2013
dc.identifier.fileS0037-86822014000200149.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0037-8682
dc.identifier.lattes6322604200510676
dc.identifier.lattes3837157956819433
dc.identifier.scieloS0037-86822014000200149
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/109853
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000336631700005
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
dc.relation.ispartofRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.358
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,658
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceSciELO
dc.subjectHepatitis Cen
dc.subjectDepressive symptomsen
dc.subjectDepressionen
dc.subjectAlcohol abuseen
dc.subjectAlcohol harmful useen
dc.titleDepressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use in hepatitis C patients: prevalence and correlatesen
dc.typeArtigo
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unesp.author.lattes6322604200510676
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unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-1072-5008[3]
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unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Medicina, Botucatupt

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