Sulaiman, A.H. and Bautista, D. and Liu, C.Y. and Udomratn, P. and Bae, J.N. and Fang, Y. and Chua, H.C. and Liu, S.I. and Geogre, T. and Chan, E. and Mei, S.T. and Hong, J.P. and Srisurapanont, M. and Rush, A.J. (2013) Differences in psychiatric symptoms among Asian patients with depression: a multi-country cross-sectional study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. pp. 1-10. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/pcn.12118.
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Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the symptomatic and clinical features of depression among five groups of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) living in China, Korea, Malaysia/Singapore,Taiwan, and Thailand. Methods: Consecutive consenting adults (aged 18– 65) who met DSM-IV criteria for non-psychotic MDD – based on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview – and who were free of psychotropic medication were evaluated in a cross-sectional study.Depressive symptoms were evaluated using the 10-item Montgomery–Asberg Depression Rating Scale(MADRS) and the 13-item depression subscale of the Symptoms Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90-R). In addition, the 10-item SCL-90-R Anxiety Subscale was completed.ANCOVA were conducted, adjusting for confounders: age, completion of secondary education,marital status, work status, religion, index episode duration, and depressive severity. For the magnitude of differences, a threshold of 0.10 was taken as the minimum effect size representing clinical significance, and an effect size of 0.25 was considered moderate. Results: Four MADRS symptoms differentiated these five groups, the most prominent being ‘lassitude’ and ‘inner tension’. Nine SCL-90-R depression items also differentiated the groups, as did eight SCL-90-R Anxiety Subscale items. The MADRS lassitude item had the largest effect size (0.131). The rest of those statistically significant differences did not exceed 0.10. Conclusion: MDD is more similar than different among outpatients in these diverse Asian countries. The between-country differences, while present and not due to chance, are small enough to enable the use of common clinician and self-report rating scales in studies involving Asians with MDD from various ethnic backgrounds.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Asian; Depression; Depressive disorders; Ethnicity; Symptom |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Norhamizah Tamizi |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2014 06:42 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Dec 2014 06:40 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/9623 |
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