Psychological prognosis after newly diagnosed chronic conditions: socio-demographic and clinical correlates.

摘要: Background: This study was aimed toward discerning depressive symptom trajectories associated with different chronic conditions and finding modifiable factors those trajectories. Methods: Data were drawn from the 1996–2007 Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging. Nine selected, mood measured Center of Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale. Results: Among nine we examined, four patterns identified: (1) elevated symptoms worsened over time after diagnosed heart disease ( n = 681), arthritis 850), or hypertension 1,207); (2) without worsening stroke 160), lung diseases 432), gastric 691), liver 234); (3) no diagnosis but an increase in for participants diabetes 499); (4) significant cancer 57). Cumulative psychological burden hypertension, diabetes, diseases, arthritis. However, these effects disappeared controlling comorbidities physical limitations. Moreover, psychiatric condition found to play important role baseline among arthritis, diseases. Conclusions: Findings this provide information addressing at times conditions. In addition, minimizing incidence comorbidities, limitations, may have prospective effect avoiding trend increased symptoms, especially when adults