Haggarty J M, Cernovsky Z, Husni M, Minor K, Kermeen P, Merskey H
Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2002 May;105(5):378-84. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.1o185.x.
To determine the rate of seasonal-pattern depression in an Inuit community above 70 degrees N.
One-hundred and eleven people from randomly selected households were surveyed for depression and anxiety and the effect of the seasons on their mood. Eighty-eight people provided replies on the influence of the seasons.
One in five (22.6%) of the community sample was found to be depressed. Of these, seven (6.3%) had seasonal affective disorder (SAD), with fall onset occurring in six of these (5.4%). Subsyndromal SAD (SSAD) occurred in 11.7%, while any effect of the seasons (seasonality) occurred in 39.6%. Persons with SSAD and seasonality were significantly older than those unaffected by the seasonal effect. No other significant correlation of SAD, SSAD, or seasonality occurred with gender, age, and language preference.
Seasonal mood changes in this Inuit group living in the Canadian Arctic are elevated above the rates found in other studies using similar survey methods.
确定北纬70度以上因纽特社区季节性抑郁的发生率。
对随机抽取的111户家庭中的人员进行抑郁和焦虑调查，以及季节对其情绪影响的调查。88人就季节影响提供了答复。
在社区样本中，五分之一（22.6%）的人被发现患有抑郁症。其中，7人（6.3%）患有季节性情感障碍（SAD），其中6人（5.4%）在秋季发病。亚综合征性SAD（SSAD）的发生率为11.7%，而季节的任何影响（季节性）发生率为39.6%。患有SSAD和季节性情绪变化的人明显比未受季节影响的人年龄大。SAD、SSAD或季节性情绪变化与性别、年龄和语言偏好之间没有其他显著相关性。
生活在加拿大北极地区的这个因纽特人群体的季节性情绪变化高于使用类似调查方法的其他研究中的发生率。
