Volume 61, Issue 3 (14 2003)                   Tehran Univ Med J 2003, 61(3): 171-177 | Back to browse issues page

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Kaviani H, Ghasemzadeh H. The Comorbidity Of Depression And Anxiety In A Sample Of Iranian Patients. Tehran Univ Med J 2003; 61 (3) :171-177
URL: http://tumj.tums.ac.ir/article-1-1181-en.html
Abstract:   (7627 Views)
This study was carried out to examine the comorbidity of depression and anxiety disorders.
Materials and Methods: 261 depressed (n=153) and anxious (n=108) patients were psychiatrically interviewed, and then tested by two scales, BAI and BD1 261 healthy subjects (matched with depressed and anxious patients) completed BAT and BDl as well.
Results: The results showed that %55.6 of depressed and %58.3 of anxious patients had respectively a comorbid anxiety and depression disorders.
Conclusion: The detection of symptoms overlap revealed that depressed patients experienced most of the anxiety symptoms, and anxious patients reported most of the depression symptoms. The prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms among healthy subjects will be discussed.
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