Burden of Depressive disorders in Balkan countries

Autor: J Todorovic, M Santric-Milicevic, A Stevanovic, Z Terzic-Supic, Z Stamenkovic, T Albreht, S Stoisavljevic, N Terzic, L Scepanovic
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: European Journal of Public Health. 32
ISSN: 1464-360X
1101-1262
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac130.189
Popis: Background Depressive disorders are one of the leading causes of disability and are significant contributor to total Global Burden of Disease (GBD). Globally, according to the 2019 GBD study, the 1.85% of all Disability adjusted life years (DALYs) was associated with depression. The aim of this study was to describe the age-standardized DALYs in ten Balkan countries and the changes observed between 1990 and 2019. Methods The study included the data on age-standardized DALY rate per 100,000 for depressive disorders in the period between 1990 and 2019 for ten Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia) from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation. We acknowledge the support from the COST Action 18218 - European Burden of Disease Network. Results The highest age-standardized DALY rate/ 100,000 throughout the observed period was in Greece in the 1990- 914.48 (95% CI: 620.19-1287.16) and 927.75 (95% CI: 626.5-1295.7) in 2019, while the lowest age-standardized DALY rate per 100,000 was in Albania in the entire observed period (1990- 369.032, 95% CI: 253.52-518.04 and 2019- 386.42, 95% CI: 266.46- 536.31). Greece and Albania are only two countries in the Balkans in which the age-standardized DALY rate per 100,000 increased in the period between 1990 and 2019, in all other countries there was a slight decrease in age-standardized DALY rates in the period between 1990 and 2019. Conclusions Age-standardized DALY rates per 100,000 decreased in eight out of ten countries in the Balkan region. However, age-standardized DALY rate per 100,000 increased in the country with the highest burden of depressive disorders in the region- Greece. In the period between 1990 and 2019 the lowest burden of depressive disorders measured in age-standardized DALY rate /100,000 was in Albania, but Albania also recorded the increase in burden. Key messages
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