The epidemiology of major depression among adults in Norway: an observational study on the concurrence between population surveys and registry data – a NCDNOR project
In: BMC Public Health, Jg. 24 (2024), Heft 1, S. 1-12
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Abstract Background Mental health problems, and major depression in particular, are important public health issues. Following trends in the prevalence of major depression is difficult because of the costs and complications of diagnostic interviews and general population self-report health surveys. Scandinavian countries, however, have several central, population-based health registries. We aimed to investigate how well these registries capture the epidemiology of major depression in the population. Methods In two Norwegian regional surveys of general population health, each repeated after 10 years, responders were asked to report depressive symptoms using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL) or the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Data were linked to three central health registries capturing contact with primary care, specialist care and prescriptions for antidepressants, to investigate how well these registries reflected self-reported depressive symptoms. Results Most responders scored low on Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), but 10% and 13%, respectively, scored above cut-off, with only minor changes between the two survey times. Females scored higher than males. Older people scored lower than younger, and a social gradient was visible. Around 12% of those who scored above the cut-off on either scale were recorded in the central health registries during the following year. This correlation was highest in primary care data, followed by prescription data and lowest in specialist care. Females were more often recorded in registries (p
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The epidemiology of major depression among adults in Norway: an observational study on the concurrence between population surveys and registry data – a NCDNOR project
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Bramness, Jørgen G. ; Hjellvik, Vidar ; Høye, Anne ; Tesli, Martin ; Haram, Marit ; Nystad, Wenche ; Krokstad, Steinar |
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Zeitschrift: | BMC Public Health, Jg. 24 (2024), Heft 1, S. 1-12 |
Veröffentlichung: | BMC, 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1471-2458 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-024-18754-w |
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