Demographic, family, and occupational characteristics associated with major depression: the Harvard study of moods and cycles.

Autor: Harlow, B. L., Cohen, L. S., Otto, M. W., Liberman, R. F., Spiegelman, D., Cramer, D. W.
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Zdroj: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica; Mar2002, Vol. 105 Issue 3, p209-217, 9p
Abstrakt: Objective: This study assesses the extent to which women with and without major depression differ by demographic, familial, and occupational characteristics. Method: From a community-based sample, the authors identified 332 women with and 644 women without current or past major depression based on Structured Clinical Interviews for DSM-IV. Demographic and background interviews were conducted in-person. Results: Depressed women were more likely to have gained ≥35 lbs between age 18 and study enrolment (OR=1.6, 95% CI 1.1–2.5), experienced divorce (OR=2.0, 95% CI 1.4–2.8), or changed occupations (OR=1.5, 95% CI 1.1–2.1) compared with non-depressed women. Compared with women with no brothers, those with ≥1 brothers were less likely to have a history of depression (OR=0.8, 95% CI 0.6–1.1), whereas compared with women with no sisters, those with ≥1 sisters were more likely to have current or past depression (OR=1.4, 95% CI 1.0–1.9). These findings were not influenced by family sibship size. Conclusion: These results illustrate demographic differences between women with and without major depression and that sibship gender rather than size may also influence risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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