Objective: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is often comorbid with mood disorders and depressive symptoms. The aetiology of depressive symptoms in IBD, however, remains largely unknown. Consistent with the inflammatory hypothesis of depression, the aim of this study was to explore the prospective associations between inflammatory biomarkers and depressive symptoms in a cohort of IBD patients with and without a previous clinical diagnosis of mood disorder. Method: IBD clinical activity was determined using the Harvey-Bradshaw Index for CD and the Partial Mayo score for UC; serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and faecal calprotectin (fCAL) were used as biomarkers of systemic and intestinal inflammation, respectively. Participants were administered the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-depression (HADS-D) at baseline and 1-year follow-up. Results: Eighty-four participants (50 ±16 years; 75% UC and 25% CD) were included in the main analyses. Longitudinal moderated regression models showed that baseline CRP significantly predicted follow-up HADS-D scores among individuals with a previous mood disorder diagnosis (β =0.843, p < .001), but not among individuals without (β =− 0.013, p =.896), after controlling for baseline HADS-D scores, body mass index, IBD phenotype, sex, and perceived stress. Likely due to lower power, results on FCAL (n =31) were not statistically significant. Conclusion: This study suggests that IBD patients with previous diagnosis of mood disorder may be at higher risk of inflammation-related depressive symptoms.

Inflammation as an aetiological trigger for depressive symptoms in a prospective cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease / Ballesio, Andrea; Micheli, Federica; Baccini, Flavia; Zagaria, Andrea; Del Forno, Alessandro; Fiori, Valeria; Palombelli, Gloria; Scalamonti, Silvia; Ruffa, Andrea; Magiotta, Ambra; Di Nardo, Giovanni; Lombardo, Caterina. - In: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH. - ISSN 0022-3999. - 177:(2024), pp. 1-7. [10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111592]

Inflammation as an aetiological trigger for depressive symptoms in a prospective cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Ballesio, Andrea
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Micheli, Federica;Baccini, Flavia;Zagaria, Andrea;Del Forno, Alessandro;Fiori, Valeria;Palombelli, Gloria;Scalamonti, Silvia;Ruffa, Andrea;Magiotta, Ambra;Di Nardo, Giovanni;Lombardo, Caterina
2024

Abstract

Objective: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is often comorbid with mood disorders and depressive symptoms. The aetiology of depressive symptoms in IBD, however, remains largely unknown. Consistent with the inflammatory hypothesis of depression, the aim of this study was to explore the prospective associations between inflammatory biomarkers and depressive symptoms in a cohort of IBD patients with and without a previous clinical diagnosis of mood disorder. Method: IBD clinical activity was determined using the Harvey-Bradshaw Index for CD and the Partial Mayo score for UC; serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and faecal calprotectin (fCAL) were used as biomarkers of systemic and intestinal inflammation, respectively. Participants were administered the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-depression (HADS-D) at baseline and 1-year follow-up. Results: Eighty-four participants (50 ±16 years; 75% UC and 25% CD) were included in the main analyses. Longitudinal moderated regression models showed that baseline CRP significantly predicted follow-up HADS-D scores among individuals with a previous mood disorder diagnosis (β =0.843, p < .001), but not among individuals without (β =− 0.013, p =.896), after controlling for baseline HADS-D scores, body mass index, IBD phenotype, sex, and perceived stress. Likely due to lower power, results on FCAL (n =31) were not statistically significant. Conclusion: This study suggests that IBD patients with previous diagnosis of mood disorder may be at higher risk of inflammation-related depressive symptoms.
2024
depression; ibd; crohn's disease; ulcerative colitis; inflammation; crp
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Inflammation as an aetiological trigger for depressive symptoms in a prospective cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease / Ballesio, Andrea; Micheli, Federica; Baccini, Flavia; Zagaria, Andrea; Del Forno, Alessandro; Fiori, Valeria; Palombelli, Gloria; Scalamonti, Silvia; Ruffa, Andrea; Magiotta, Ambra; Di Nardo, Giovanni; Lombardo, Caterina. - In: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH. - ISSN 0022-3999. - 177:(2024), pp. 1-7. [10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111592]
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