ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Ronnachai Kongsakon.

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Predictors of Response to Antidepressant Treatment in a Cohort of Bangkok Patients.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand. Vol.51, No.2, April-June 2006, Page 40.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Objective: To assess the value of commonly elicited and recorded demographic characteristics and clinical data as possible predictors of a therapeutic response to treatment of depression in a Bangkok university hospital. Patients and Methods: After initial screening, 96 outpatients diagnosed on DSM-IV criteria as having depressive disorders by the psychiatrists responsible for their treatment were rated on a Thai version of the Hamilton rating scale for depression (HAM-D (Thai)) before and after three months treatment. Those with a 50% on greater reduction in score on the HAM-D (Thai) were regarded as responders. The statistical association between the demographic and clinical data and response to treatment was assessed by the chi-square test. Results: The response rate following 3-month psychiatric care was 67.7% (95% C.I.=58.18-77.23). There was no statistically significant association between any of the demographic and clinical data and the outcome of treatment. Conclusion: The treatment outcome in the Thai psychiatric setting described is comparable 10 that reported in other countries and had shown a good response rate. Much routinely elicited demographic and clinical information recorded in this population of Thai patients appears to be unhelpful in predicting the response to three months treatment of depression.

Keywords: antidepressant, depression, treatment response, predictors, Thai patients, depress, psychiatry,

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2006

Address: Department of Psychiatric, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University.

Code: 20070008

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-6985

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English

Category: Abstract Journal.

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