GENDER SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES IN REPORTING DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME.

In patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) low level of depressive symptoms is associated with coronary event recurrence and morbidity. Large epidemiological trials revealed that there is a disparity between males and females in their reports of different somatic depressive symptoms. The aim of our study was to identify gender differences in reporting depressive symptoms in patients with acute coronary events.

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSIVE EPISODE IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH ACUTE CORONARY EVENTS.

Severe infarction or its consequences are considered as triggering factors of incidental depression. The aim of our study was to reveal factors associated with depressive episode in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome (acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina). The Beck Depression inventory (BDI) was used for assessment of depressive symptoms in patients with coronary disease in Emergency Cardiology Clinic Tbilisi, Georgia.

ASSOCIATION OF DEPRESSION WITH HOSPITAL LENGTH OF STAY IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME.

Psychosocial risk factors are known to have a negative impact on coronary disease morbidity and mortality. The aim of our study was to establish contribution of depression on hospital length of stay in patients with acute coronary events. Depression screening was performed in the Chapidze Center, Tbilisi Georgia.

[The role of long emotional stress during gastroenterological diseases].

The objective of this article was to study the interrelationships between long emotional stress and gastroenterological diseases (cirrhosis of liver, chronic hepatitis, chronic cholecystitis, ulcerous disease, chronic colitis, ulcerative colitis). The psychological well-being among Abkhazian refugees and their health problems have been investigated. It was found relationship between psychological problems and clinical outcomes in patients with gastroenterological diseases.

C-reactive protein level correlation with depression and anxiety among patients with coronary artery disease.

Some studies have reported that depression is associated with higher levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) a marker of systemic inflammation that has been shown consistently to predict coronary heart disease risk. The aim of our study was to investigate the association between history of depressive episode and anxiety and presence of low-grade systemic inflammation as measured by serum CRP in postoperative period of coronary angioplasty and aorto-coronary bypass graft surgery. The research was performed in 80 patients (n = 80), mean age 60 ± 15 years.