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Mujeres con depresión severa: Relación entre trauma infantil y gravedad de síntomas clínicos

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Depression is one of the most important public health problems in Chile and globally.Many studies confirm that traumatic chilhood experiences are one of the most important risks factors for the development of depression, for the gravity of symptoms and for comorbidity with other pathologies.The objective of this study was to determine empirically whether quantitative differences exists between women that are severely depressed and have antecedents of multiple traumatic events in their childhoods versus women without them.We studied a sequential sample of 136 patients, with 87 that presented antecedents of multiple traumatic events in their childhood, and 49 without them.All of them were evaluated at beginning with the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D) and OQ 45.2 (outcome questionnaire) of Lambert.Data base were analysed with 12.0 version of SPSS (p < 0.05).We found a mean of 34.25 points in the HADM-D in patients remembering politraumatic antecedents and 24.67 in Hamilton Scale in patients without them.In the OQ 45 the means were 113, 71 in patients with multiple traumatic antecedents, versus 85.56 points in women without them (t = 5.329 p < 0.001).We conclude that in patients with severe depression, the subgroup with memories of politraumatic events in their childhood presented a major association with gravity of depressive symptoms.

Source: Revista chilena de neuro-psiquiatría

DOI: 10.4067/s0717-92272007000400004

Authors: Soledad Ballesteros T, Verónica Vitriol G, Ramón Florenzano U, Andrea Vacarezza L, Ana Calderón K

Institutions: Hospital del Salvador, Universidad del Desarrollo

Language: Spanish

Topic: Child Abuse and Trauma

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1966216018