A study of the prevalence of depressive disorder and correlated factors after traumatic brain injury
HOU Cai-lan
LIU Yi
XU Ming-zhi
JIA Fu-jun
Abstract：Objective This study examined the occurrence of depressive disorder related to traumatic brain injury (TBI).Methods All 64 participants were diagnosed with TBI and classified into different types of TBI .HAMD -17 was used to assess depressive symptoms , and DSM -Ⅳ for diagnosis of depressive disorder .Results There were 25 cases (39.06%) meeting the diagnosis of moderate or major depressive disorder .Multiple logistic regression analyses revealed that young age (OR =21.3, 95%CI 19.7 ~32.0,P <0.001), female (OR =0.79, 95%CI 0.7 ~1.2, P =0.042) and open TBI (OR =3.9, 95%CI 2.8 ~7.9, P =0.03) were the susceptible factors of the occurrence of depressive disorder (R2 =0.392, P <0.001).Conclusion The prevalence of depressive disorder related to TBI is high .Young age, female and open TBI are the risk factors.The identification and treatment for depressive disorder required attention in TBI pa -tients.
Keywords：traumatic brain injurydepressive disorderHAMD -17
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 20-22 )