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Recurrence of depressive disorders after interferon-induced depression.

ABSTRACT: Interferon alpha (IFN-?)-treated patients commonly develop depression during the therapy period. Although most IFN-?-induced depressive disorders achieve remission after IFN-? therapy, no studies have examined the long-term mood effects of IFN-? treatment. We conducted a 12-year population-based cohort study of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients who were older than 20 years and had received IFN-? therapy. The sample was obtained from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. The cohort included patients with and without IFN-?-induced depression, matched randomly by age, sex and depression history, at a ratio of 1:10. The follow-up started after the last administration of IFN-? and was designed to determine the incidence of recurrent depressive disorder after IFN-? therapy. A total of 156 subjects were identified as having IFN-?-induced depression and achieving full remission after IFN-? therapy. The overall incidence of recurrent depressive disorders among patients with and without IFN-?-induced depression was 56.8 (95% confidence interval (CI), 42.4-76.1) and 4.1 (95% CI, 2.9-5.8) cases, respectively, per 100?000 person-years, P<0.001. The adjusted hazard ratios for recurrent depressive disorder were 13.5 (95% CI, 9.9-18.3) in the IFN-?-treated cohort and 22.2 (95% CI, 11.2-44.2) in the matched cohort for IFN-?-induced depression patients after adjusting for age, sex, income, urbanization and comorbid diseases. IFN-?-induced depression was associated with a high risk of recurrent depression. It was not a transient disease and might be considered an episode of depressive disorder. Continuation therapy might be considered, and further research is needed.

SUBMITTER: Chiu WC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5438022 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Recurrence of depressive disorders after interferon-induced depression.

Chiu W-C WC Su Y-P YP Su K-P KP Chen P-C PC

Translational psychiatry 20170207 2

Interferon alpha (IFN-α)-treated patients commonly develop depression during the therapy period. Although most IFN-α-induced depressive disorders achieve remission after IFN-α therapy, no studies have examined the long-term mood effects of IFN-α treatment. We conducted a 12-year population-based cohort study of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients who were older than 20 years and had received IFN-α therapy. The sample was obtained from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. ...[more]

PMID: 28170005

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Recurrence of depressive disorders after interferon-induced depression.

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Recurrence of depressive disorders after interferon-induced depression.

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