›› 2010, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (6): 628-.

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Correlation analysis of early trauma experience and depression and suicidal tendency of patients with depression

YUAN Cheng-mei, HUANG Jia, WANG Zhen, LI Ze-zhi, WANG Zhi-yang, YI Zheng-hui, WANG Yong, HONG Wu, PENG Dai-hui, CHEN Jun, HU Ying-yan, CAO Lan, FANG Yi-ru   

  1. Division of Mood Disorder, Shanghai Mental Health Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China
  • Online:2010-06-25 Published:2010-06-28
  • Supported by:

    Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau Foundation, 08GWQ075, 2007Y14；Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China, “863” Program, 2006AA02Z430；National Key Technologies R&D Program of “10th Five-year Plan”, 2004BA720A21-02

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Abstract:

Objective To investigate the association between early trauma experience and depression and suicidal tendency of patients with depression. Methods Four hundred and forty-one patients with depression (depression group) and 154 healthy controls (control group) were enrolled. Early Trauma Inventory-Short Form was adopted to assess the early trauma experience, and Beck Depressive Inventory (BDI) was employed to evaluate the suicidal tendency of patients with depression. Mann-Whitney nonparametric test and Binary Logistic regression analysis were performed to explore the association between early trauma and depression and suicidal tendency of patients with depression. Results There was significant difference in the score of emotional abuse between depression group and control group (P＜0.001). Score of emotional abuse （β=0.410，P＜0.001) and total scores of BDI (β=0.134，P＜0.001）were included in the ultimate regression equation, and the predictive efficiency of the equation was 81.1%. Conclusion Patients with depression have more early emotional abuse experience. Early emotional abuse experience is associated with suicidal tendency of patients with depression, and can increase the risk of suicide.

Key words: early trauma, depression, suicidal tendency