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[Unipolar depression: a gender-based comparative analysis]
N N Ivanets1, M A Kinkul'kina1, Y G Tikhonova1
1Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia.
Objective:
To compare socio-demographic and clinical characteristics in men and women with depression.
Material And Methods:
We studied 388 patients with unipolar depression, 74 men and 314 women. The survey was carried out using the clinical-psychopathological method and psychometric scales for depression.
Results And Conclusion:
Gender differences are identified for several parameters. Women are older, more often had comorbid somatic and organic disorders; men have personality disorders and chronic depression. The severity of depression in women was higher due to symptoms such as reported sadness, anxiety, reduced sleep and appetite, concentration difficulties, and suicidal thoughts. Apparent sadness did not significantly differ in men and women. Anhedonia was more pronounced in men.
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