Frequency of constipation in major depression: relationship to other clinical variables.
A semistructured interview that evaluates 70 clinical variables, including constipation, was administered to 170 patients with major depression. Twenty-seven percent of the patients had depression-associated constipation. Constipation was not associated with any other clinical variable.
Garvey
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Department of Psychiatry, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa.
Noyes
R
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Yates
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D003248:Constipation / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology*