Chronic respiratory disease and high altitude are associated with depressive symptoms in four diverse settings
Zaeh S, Miele C, Putcha N, Gilman R, Miranda J, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Wise R, Checkley W. Chronic respiratory disease and high altitude are associated with depressive symptoms in four diverse settings. The International Journal Of Tuberculosis And Lung Disease 2016, 20: 1263-1269. PMID: 27510256, PMCID: PMC7284295, DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0794.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic respiratory diseasesDepressive symptomsChronic hypoxiaRespiratory diseaseMultivariable ordinal logistic regressionEpidemiologic Studies Depression ScaleWorse clinical outcomesMajor depressive symptomsResource-poor settingsPrevalent comorbiditiesClinical outcomesOrdinal logistic regressionHigh prevalenceDepression ScaleSymptomsLogistic regressionPositive associationPrevalenceDiseaseHypoxiaHigh categoryDepressionOddsAssociationSetting