Depression and socio-economic risk factors: 7-year longitudinal population study.

Autor:	Lorant V; Public Health School, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium and Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. lorant@sesa.ucl.ac.be, Croux C, Weich S, Deliège D, Mackenbach J, Ansseau M
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science [Br J Psychiatry] 2007 Apr; Vol. 190, pp. 293-8.
DOI:	10.1192/bjp.bp.105.020040
Abstrakt:	Background: Low socio-economic status is associated with a higher prevalence of depression, but it is not yet known whether change in socio-economic status leads to a change in rates of depression. Aims: To assess whether longitudinal change in socio-economic factors affects change of depression level. Method: In a prospective cohort study using the annual Belgian Household Panel Survey (1992-1999), depression was assessed using the Global Depression Scale. Socio-economic factors were assessed with regard to material standard of living, education, employment status and social relationships. Results: A lowering in material standard of living between annual waves was associated with increases in depressive symptoms and caseness of major depression. Life circumstances also influenced depression. Ceasing to cohabit with a partner increased depressive symptoms and caseness, and improvement in circumstances reduced them; the negative effects were stronger than the positive ones. Conclusions: The study showed a clear relationship between worsening socio-economic circumstances and depression.
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