Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi
February 2016
Objective: To study the effect of Modified Guipi Decoction (MGD) on blood pressure and quality of life (QOL) in hypertension patients complicated depression.
Methods: Totally 245 hypertension patients complicated depression were randomly assigned to the treatment group (125 cases, treated with MGD) and the control group (120 cases, treated with Sertraline). Final recruited qualified patients were 117 cases in the treatment group and 111 cases in the control group.
Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi
November 2010
Objective: To study the depression related factors in elderly patients after stroke and to explore the effect of Chinese medicine anti-depression treatment for improving neurological function in patients with after-stroke depression.
Methods: Three hundred and seventy-seven after-stroke elderly patients were sorted, according to their Hamilton Depression Scale-17 (HAMD17) scores, to the non-depression group (NDG, 116 patients) and the depression group (DG, 261 patients). The depression related factors in them were analysed.