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January 30, 2004The British Journal of PsychiatryOpen Access

Severity of depressive episodes according to ICD-10: prediction of risk of relapse and suicide

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Why the study?

Does the ICD-10 categorization of depression severity predict the risk of relapse and suicide in psychiatric inpatients?

Population

7,199 psychiatric in-patients in Denmark who received a diagnosis of a single depressive episode at their…

Comparison

ICD-10 categorization of depression severity vs ICD-10 categorization of mild depressive episode

Design

Cohort

Authors

LKLars Vedel KessingUniversity of Copenhagen

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Implication

Supports ICD-10 severity grading for inpatient risk stratification; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.

Structured PICO

Does the ICD-10 categorization of depression severity predict the risk of relapse and suicide in psychiatric inpatients?

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Population
7,199 psychiatric in-patients in Denmark who received a diagnosis of a single depressive episode at their first discharge between 1994 and 1999.
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Intervention
ICD-10 categorization of depression severity (moderate or severe depressive episode)
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Comparator
ICD-10 categorization of mild depressive episode
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Outcome
Risk of relapse and risk of suicidehard clinical

The ICD-10 categorization of depression severity is clinically valid and predictive of relapse and suicide risk.

Cite This Study

Lars Vedel Kessing (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a736a5dba4be02f56566452https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.184.2.153
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