PMID- 11110110 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010202 LR - 20221207 IS - 0033-3182 (Print) IS - 0033-3182 (Linking) VI - 41 IP - 6 DP - 2000 Nov-Dec TI - Depression in Korean immigrants with hepatitis B and related liver diseases. PG - 472-80 AB - The authors evaluated 50 Korean immigrants who had chronic viral hepatitis or who were healthy carriers for the hepatitis B virus in terms of the relationships between their depression scores, psychosocial stressors, social support, and biological markers of dysfunction. All participants completed a questionnaire, describing their worries and concerns, and the shortform of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-sf). Hepatic transaminases, albumin levels, and prothrombin times were measured during routine clinic follow-up visits and were abstracted from the medical record. Values recorded within 3 months before and within 3 months after the psychiatric interview were correlated with BDI scores. BDI-sf total scores were significantly associated with transaminase elevations (P<0.001) both before and after BDI-sf administration. BDI scores were not associated with other measures of liver dysfunction or other medical causes of depression. Patients with higher BDI-sf total scores had more psychosocial stressors (P = 0.008) and lower Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores (P = 0.000). FAU - Kunkel, E J AU - Kunkel EJ AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. FAU - Kim, J S AU - Kim JS FAU - Hann, H W AU - Hann HW FAU - Oyesanmi, O AU - Oyesanmi O FAU - Menefee, L A AU - Menefee LA FAU - Field, H L AU - Field HL FAU - Lartey, P L AU - Lartey PL FAU - Myers, R E AU - Myers RE LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Psychosomatics JT - Psychosomatics JID - 0376506 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Asian/*psychology MH - Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/diagnosis/*psychology MH - Carrier State/diagnosis/psychology MH - Comorbidity MH - Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/*psychology MH - *Emigration and Immigration MH - Female MH - Hepatitis B, Chronic/diagnosis/*psychology MH - Humans MH - Liver Function Tests MH - Liver Neoplasms/diagnosis/*psychology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Personality Inventory MH - Risk Factors MH - Stress, Psychological/complications EDAT- 2000/12/08 11:00 MHDA- 2001/03/03 10:01 CRDT- 2000/12/08 11:00 PHST- 2000/12/08 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/03/03 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/12/08 11:00 [entrez] AID - S0033-3182(00)70564-0 [pii] AID - 10.1176/appi.psy.41.6.472 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Psychosomatics. 2000 Nov-Dec;41(6):472-80. doi: 10.1176/appi.psy.41.6.472.