Prevalence of depression, quality of life and antidepressant treatment in the Danish General Suburban Population Study
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Prevalence of depression, quality of life and antidepressant treatment in the Danish General Suburban Population Study. / Ellervik, Christina; Kvetny, Jan; Christensen, Kaj Sparle; Vestergaard, Mogens; Bech, Per.
I: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, Bind 68, Nr. 7, 2014, s. 507-512.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Prevalence of depression, quality of life and antidepressant treatment in the Danish General Suburban Population Study
AU - Ellervik, Christina
AU - Kvetny, Jan
AU - Christensen, Kaj Sparle
AU - Vestergaard, Mogens
AU - Bech, Per
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - BACKGROUND: The Danish General Suburban Population Study (GESUS), the objective of which is to facilitate epidemiological and genetic research, has included the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) and the WHO-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5) among the medical health questionnaires. We were thus in a position to compare the 2-week prevalence of ICD-10 depression in the period from 2010 to 2012 with our previous Danish general population study from 2003, in which the MDI was also included.AIMS: The aim of our analysis was not only to evaluate the point prevalence of ICD-10 depression but also to describe the prevalence of antidepressants received by the respondents in the GESUS study and the correspondence to their subjective well-being on the WHO-5 questionnaire.METHODS: To evaluate the validity (scalability) of the MDI and the WHO-5 in the GESUS study we performed the non-parametric Mokken analysis. The scalability of the MDI and the WHO-5 was quite acceptable.RESULTS: In total, 14,787 respondents were available from a response rate of 50%. The 2-week prevalence of ICD-10 depression was 2.3%, which is rather similar to the 2.8% in our 2003 study. The rate of people receiving antidepressants increased consistently with increasing severity of ICD-10 depression.CONCLUSION: This study has confirmed that the use of the MDI to obtain an ICD-10 depression diagnosis gives rather conservative estimates of the 2-week prevalence of depression in the Danish general population. The prescription of antidepressants depends on the severity of the ICD-10 depression diagnosis.
AB - BACKGROUND: The Danish General Suburban Population Study (GESUS), the objective of which is to facilitate epidemiological and genetic research, has included the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) and the WHO-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5) among the medical health questionnaires. We were thus in a position to compare the 2-week prevalence of ICD-10 depression in the period from 2010 to 2012 with our previous Danish general population study from 2003, in which the MDI was also included.AIMS: The aim of our analysis was not only to evaluate the point prevalence of ICD-10 depression but also to describe the prevalence of antidepressants received by the respondents in the GESUS study and the correspondence to their subjective well-being on the WHO-5 questionnaire.METHODS: To evaluate the validity (scalability) of the MDI and the WHO-5 in the GESUS study we performed the non-parametric Mokken analysis. The scalability of the MDI and the WHO-5 was quite acceptable.RESULTS: In total, 14,787 respondents were available from a response rate of 50%. The 2-week prevalence of ICD-10 depression was 2.3%, which is rather similar to the 2.8% in our 2003 study. The rate of people receiving antidepressants increased consistently with increasing severity of ICD-10 depression.CONCLUSION: This study has confirmed that the use of the MDI to obtain an ICD-10 depression diagnosis gives rather conservative estimates of the 2-week prevalence of depression in the Danish general population. The prescription of antidepressants depends on the severity of the ICD-10 depression diagnosis.
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Antidepressive Agents
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Denmark
KW - Depression
KW - Depressive Disorder
KW - Depressive Disorder, Major
KW - Drug Utilization
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Personality Inventory
KW - Prevalence
KW - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Suburban Health
U2 - 10.3109/08039488.2013.877074
DO - 10.3109/08039488.2013.877074
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24476587
VL - 68
SP - 507
EP - 512
JO - Nordisk Psykiatrisk Tidsskrift
JF - Nordisk Psykiatrisk Tidsskrift
SN - 0803-9496
IS - 7
ER -
ID: 138135128