Prevalence of patients treated with antidepressant medicine in Greenland and Denmark: a cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Tukummeq Nykjær Ingemann, Marie Balslev Backe, Eva C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Nils Skovgaard, Michael Lynge Pedersen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 80, Iss 1 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2242-3982 22423982 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/22423982.2021.1912540 |
| Popis: | Depression is a mental illness affecting more than 260 million people worldwide. In Greenland, the prevalence of patients treated with antidepressant medicine (antidepressants) has not previously been investigated. The aim of this study was to estimate and compare the age- and gender-specific prevalence of patients treated with antidepressants in Greenland and Denmark. The study was a cross-sectional register study using data from population and medical registers in Greenland and Denmark. Included was 1,573 Greenlandic patients and 419,151 Danish patients treated with antidepressants, respectively. The overall prevalence of patients aged 10–89 years treated with antidepressants was 3.5% in Greenland, and 8.1% in Denmark, being significantly lower in Greenland compared to Denmark (p |
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