Screening Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with High Depression Scores


YAKAR B., ERTEKİN Y. H.

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.34, sa.3, ss.610-615, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12669/pjms.343.14560
  • Dergi Adı: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.610-615
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Protection against cardiovascular diseases is provided by the dynamics of risk screening and counseling of primary health care services. Depression is known to pose a risk for cardiovascular diseases. The aim of our study was to determine which specific features of well-known depressed people who had not yet experienced a cardiovascular event were associated with cardiovascular risk.