Screening Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with High Depression Scores

YAKAR B., ERTEKİN Y. H.

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.34, no.3, pp.610-615, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.12669/pjms.343.14560
  • Journal Name: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.610-615
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.