Cat scratches, not bites, are associated with unipolar depression - cross-sectional study

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378050%3A_____%2F16%3A00473036" target="_blank" >RIV/68378050:_____/16:00473036 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11310/16:10333774

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1290-7" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1290-7</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1290-7" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13071-015-1290-7</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Cat scratches, not bites, are associated with unipolar depression - cross-sectional study

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

BACKGROUND:nnA recent study performed on 1.3 million patients showed a strong association between being bitten by a cat and probability of being diagnosed with depression. Authors suggested that infection with cat parasite Toxoplasma could be the reason for this association.nMETHOD:nnA cross sectional internet study on a non-clinical population of 5,535 subjects was undertaken.nRESULTS:nnThe subjects that reported having been bitten by a dog and a cat or scratched by a cat have higher Beck depression score. They were more likely to have visited psychiatrists, psychotherapists and neurologists in past two years, to have been previously diagnosed with depression (but not with bipolar disorder). Multivariate analysis of models with cat biting, cat scratching, toxoplasmosis, the number of cats at home, and the age of subjects as independent variables showed that only cat scratching had positive effect on depression (p = 0.004). Cat biting and toxoplasmosis had no effect on the depression, and the number of cats at home had a negative effect on depression (p = 0.021).nCONCLUSIONS:nnAbsence of association between toxoplasmosis and depression and five times stronger association of depression with cat scratching than with cat biting suggests that the pathogen responsible for mood disorders in animals-injured subjects is probably not the protozoon Toxoplasma gondii but another organism; possibly the agent of cat-scratched disease - the bacteria Bartonella henselae.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Cat scratches, not bites, are associated with unipolar depression - cross-sectional study

Popis výsledku anglicky

BACKGROUND:nnA recent study performed on 1.3 million patients showed a strong association between being bitten by a cat and probability of being diagnosed with depression. Authors suggested that infection with cat parasite Toxoplasma could be the reason for this association.nMETHOD:nnA cross sectional internet study on a non-clinical population of 5,535 subjects was undertaken.nRESULTS:nnThe subjects that reported having been bitten by a dog and a cat or scratched by a cat have higher Beck depression score. They were more likely to have visited psychiatrists, psychotherapists and neurologists in past two years, to have been previously diagnosed with depression (but not with bipolar disorder). Multivariate analysis of models with cat biting, cat scratching, toxoplasmosis, the number of cats at home, and the age of subjects as independent variables showed that only cat scratching had positive effect on depression (p = 0.004). Cat biting and toxoplasmosis had no effect on the depression, and the number of cats at home had a negative effect on depression (p = 0.021).nCONCLUSIONS:nnAbsence of association between toxoplasmosis and depression and five times stronger association of depression with cat scratching than with cat biting suggests that the pathogen responsible for mood disorders in animals-injured subjects is probably not the protozoon Toxoplasma gondii but another organism; possibly the agent of cat-scratched disease - the bacteria Bartonella henselae.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

EB - Genetika a molekulární biologie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA16-20958S" target="_blank" >GA16-20958S: Role chovu koček a psů a některých s nimi asociovaných nákaz při vzniku klinických a subklinických forem deprese, OCD, fobií a psychóz</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Parasites Vectors

ISSN

1756-3305

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

9

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

Jan

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000367572800002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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