Depression and neuroticism decrease among women but not among men between 1976 and 2016 in Swedish septuagenarians.
Acta Psychiatr Scand
; 139(4): 381-394, 2019 04.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
We evaluated birth-cohort differences in depressive symptom burden, prevalence of depression diagnoses, and neuroticism, among Swedish 70-year-olds examined between 1976 and 2016.METHODS:
We used a repeated cross-sectional design examining four representative population samples of Swedish 70-year-olds (total n = 2279) with identical methods in 1976-77 (n = 392), 1992-93 (n = 226), 2000-02 (n = 487), and 2014-16 (n = 1166). Depressive symptom burden was rated with the Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale. Major depression was diagnosed according to DSM-5, and minor depression according to DSM-IV-TR research criteria. Neuroticism was rated with the Eysenck Personality Inventory.RESULTS:
For women in 2014-16, MADRS score (4.4 vs. 6.1 vs. 5.8; P < 0.05) and neuroticism (6.6 vs. 7.7 vs. 9.2; P < 0.05) were lower compared with 1992-93 and 1976-77, and the prevalence of any depression was lower compared with 2000-02 and 1992-93 (10.9% vs. 16.9% vs. 18.1%; P < 0.05). For men, we observed no birth-cohort differences in depression, while neuroticism was found to be lower in 2014-16 compared with 1976-77 among men without depression (5.1 vs. 5.9; P < 0.01). The sex difference for MADRS and neuroticism declined between 1976-77 and 2014-16 (cohort*sex P < 0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
Depressive burden and neuroticism decreased in 70-year-old women between 1976 and 2016.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Depresión
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Trastorno Depresivo Mayor
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Neuroticismo
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Año:
2019
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Article