TY - JOUR T1 - Review: depression is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality and suicide JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 129 LP - 129 DO - 10.1136/ebn.2.4.129 VL - 2 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 1999/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/2/4/129.abstract N2 - Wulsin LR, Vaillant GE, Wells VE. A systematic review of the mortality of depression.Psychosom Med1999 Jan-Feb; 61:6–17.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text Question Is depression associated with increased mortality and suicide? English language studies were identified by searching Medline, PsycINFO, and Health databases (from their inception to 1996) using the terms depression and affective disorders combined with mortality and death. Informal searches were also done.Inclusion criteria were assessment of the contribution of depression to the risk of death; depressive symptoms or depressive disorders assessed using clinical diagnosis, structured interview, or a standard symptom inventory; and mortality rates compared for the depressed sample and a comparison group. Studies of bereavement or single symptoms of depression were excluded.Data were extracted on study quality and characteristics including sample size, measure of depression, choice of comparison group, factors controlled for in the analyses, mortality and suicide rates, and strength of evidence.57 studies met the inclusion criteria. 29 studies (51%) reported that depression was associated with increased … ER -