Depression, Heart Failure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Those who are 20 years of age or older at the time of obtaining consent 2) A person who, after receiving sufficient explanation and understanding, has given written consent of his or her own free will to participate in this research
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with serious (systemic or local) infections 2) Patients who are considered to be easily infected due to serious underlying diseases or reduced immunocompetence 3) Patients with severe cognitive impairment 4) Other patients who are judged by the principal investigator to be inappropriate as research subjects
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Correlation between PHQ-9 scores and blood levels of various substances (tryptophan, kynurenine, kynurenic acid, quinolinic acid) and various (CIDEC, RNASE1, SLC36A1, STYXL1) mRNA expression levels | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Correlation between PHQ-9 score and severity of heart failure 2) Correlation between PHQ-9 score and duration of heart failure | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Hokkaido University Department of psychiatry, graduate school of medical science