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The study was carried out by the same research team in two metropolitan hospitals, one in Greece (N = 60) and one in Australia (N = 56). Subjects comprised patients consecutively admitted with a DSM-III-R diagnosis of depressive disorder, all of whom completed questionnaire measures of depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms. Clinical concepts and practices in the two hospitals were very similar. Overall levels of depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms in the two samples were almost identical, but there were differences in the pattern of somatic complaints: Greeks scored significantly higher on dizziness, paraesthesiae and masticatory spasms, and Australians scored significantly higher on drowsiness, hypersomnia and non-refreshing sleep, with the latter two items being the best discriminators of the two samples using discriminant function analysis. These findings, combined with factor analysis, suggested that symptoms associated with hyperventilation in the Greek sample, and with sleep disturbance in the Australian sample, explained most of the differences between them.
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PMID:Depression and somatic symptoms: a cross-cultural study. 799 82

The study covered 72 persons (39 females and 33 males), engaged in the production of dyes and varnishes, and exposed to mixtures of organic solvents which contain benzene C-9 and C-10 alkyl derivatives. For females--length of employment accounted for mean = 15.9 years and cumulative exposure index for mean = 12.11, and for males - mean = 16.4 years and mean = 12.17, respectively. The study results applying to the group exposed were compared with the results of the controls matched according to gender, age and work shifts. Clinical examination indicated that among complaints the following manifestations predominated: headache, dizziness, increased emotional excitability, memory and concentration disturbances, hypersomnia during a day and mood instability. Subjective symptoms were more frequently observed in females. Neurological examination revealed no organic changes neither in the central nor in the peripheral nervous system. Certain anomalies were noted in EEG and visual evoked potential (VEP) examinations which may indicate pre-clinical changes in the nervous system.
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PMID:[Neurologic and neurophysiologic evaluation of workers occupationally exposed to mixed organic solvents. Preliminary study]. 855 50