Generalized anxiety disorder, comorbid major depression and heart rate variability: A case-control study in Taiwan

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 326-335

  Chang, Hsin An ^a   Chang, Chuan Chia ^a   Tzeng, Nian Sheng ^a,b   Kuo, Terry B J ^c   Lu, Ru Band ^d   Huang, San Yuan ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac autonomic function; Generalized anxiety disorder; Heart rate variability; Major depression; Vagal control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GENDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84892493141     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: 19763026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2013.10.4.326     Document Type: Article

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