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Abstract
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study is to assess the relationship among symptoms of depression and death thoughts as well as suicide attempts.
METHODS: The subjects of the study were 49 women, hospitalized at the psychiatric in-patient department, 156 women undergoing depression treatment at the out-patient department. All the subjects were interviewed using the CIDI 2.1.
RESULTS: The logistic regression analysis revealed that among hospitalized depressive women the strongest relationship was found between death thoughts and sense of guilt (Exp (B) = 8.99; 95% confidence interval 1.65-48.86), while suicide attempts were related to anxiety (Exp (B) = 0.16; [0.03-0.76]), sense of guilt (Exp (B) = 0.03; [0.00-0.36]), and lack of attention concentration (Exp (B) = 27.85; [1.79-431.91]). Among the women undergoing treatment in the out-patient department death thoughts were mostly related to lack of attention concentration (Exp (B) = 7.99; [1.13-56.40]), decision-making difficulties (Exp (B) = 5.78; [2.05-16.29]), and decreased libido (Exp (B) = 2.89; [1.23-6.79]). Among hospitalized depressive women relationship was determined among such depression symptoms as loss of self-esteem, sense of guilt, and death thoughts, as well as among suicide attempts and sense of guilt, decision-making difficulties. Death thoughts among women undergoing depression treatment at the out-patient department - death thoughts were related to sleeping problems, sense of guilt, lower self-esteem, lack of attention concentration, decision-making difficulties. Suicide attempts in this group were related to loss of appetite, sleeping problems, sense of guilt, lower self-esteem, and decreased libido.
CONCLUSION: Depression criteria, diagnosed using CIDI, can be useful revealing suicidal peculiarities among depressive women. Depressive symptoms, related to suicidality are different among in- and out-patient depressive women.
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