title: Severity of depressive symptoms and accuracy of dietary reporting among obese women with major depressive disorder seeking weight loss treatment.
abstract: An elevation in symptoms of depression has previously been associated with greater accuracy of reported dietary intake, however this association has not been investigated among individuals with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder. The purpose of this study was to investigate reporting accuracy of dietary intake among a group of women with major depressive disorder in order to determine if reporting accuracy is similarly associated with depressive symptoms among depressed women. Reporting accuracy of dietary intake was calculated based on three 24-hour phone-delivered dietary recalls from the baseline phase of a randomized trial of weight loss treatment for 161 obese women with major depressive disorder. Regression models indicated that higher severity of depressive symptoms was associated with greater reporting accuracy, even when controlling for other factors traditionally associated with reporting accuracy (coefficient  =  0.01 95% CI = 0.01 - 0.02). Seventeen percent of the sample was classified as low energy reporters. Reporting accuracy of dietary intake increases along with depressive symptoms, even among individuals with major depressive disorder. These results suggest that any study investigating associations between diet quality and depression should also include an index of reporting accuracy of dietary intake as accuracy varies with the severity of depressive symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America.
authors.forename: Matthew C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Whited
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
authors.forename: Kristin L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Departments of Preventive Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
authors.forename: Bradley M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Appelhans
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
authors.forename: Yunsheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases and Vulnerable Populations, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
authors.forename: Molly E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Waring
authors.affiliation: Boston University, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Sargent Department of Health Sciences Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
authors.forename: Michele A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: DeBiasse
authors.affiliation: Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital and the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
authors.forename: Jessica L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Oleski
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Merriam
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
authors.forename: Barbara C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Olendzki
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
authors.forename: Sybil L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts,Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
authors.forename: Ira S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Ockene
authors.affiliation: Departments of Preventive Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
authors.forename: Stephenie C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lemon
authors.affiliation: Departments of Preventive Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
authors.forename: Sherry L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Pagoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D004032:Diet; D015930:Diet Records; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015431:Weight Loss