在服用抗高脂药物的患者中出现抑郁和焦虑:沙特跨截面研究
Mohammed A Aljaffer1, Ahmad H Almadani1, Abdullah N Alassiri2
1Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Medicine
|November 20, 2025
概括
抗高血脂药物的使用与沙特阿拉伯的抑郁率更高有关. 对于服用这些药物的患者,特别是睡眠问题或吸烟者,建议进行常规的心理健康查.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 抗高脂药物 (AHLM) 在全球范围内被广泛使用.
- 在沙特阿拉伯,AHLM的神经精神病学的副作用尚未得到充分研究.
- 在AHLM患者中评估焦虑和抑郁的患病率至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定焦虑和抑郁症状在患者处方AHLM在沙特阿拉伯的患病率.
- 调查AHLM使用与神经精神病症状之间的关联.
- 在这个人群中识别与焦虑和抑郁相关的危险因素.
主要方法:
- 在沙特阿拉伯利雅得的一家三级护理医院进行的横截面研究.
- 在接受AHLM的373名成年参与者中,使用方便抽样进行了招募.
- 经过验证的问卷,包括GAD-7和PHQ-9,评估了焦虑和抑郁症状.
主要成果:
- 焦虑症状 (GAD-7 ≥10) 的患病率为13.94%;抑郁症状 (PHQ-9 ≥10) 的患病率为15.82%.
- 使用AHLM与抑郁症状 (P=0.034) 有显著的关联,但与焦虑症没有关联.
- 睡眠问题和身体不活动与焦虑和抑郁症有显著的联系.
结论:
- 在沙特人口中,使用AHLM与抑郁症状的可能性增加有关.
- 应将心理健康查纳入AHLM患者的护理,特别是那些有睡眠障碍或吸烟习惯的患者.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索这些协会背后的机制.
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