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Depression often co-occurs with joint diseases
Universität Basel
Summary:
Depression is one of the leading health risks and affects
350 million people worldwide.
Roughly one third of the participants in a recent study
who were suffering from depression
also suffered from at least one physical disease. This
association was evident especially
with arthrosis and arthritis that are degenerative and
inflammatory diseases of the joints.
Those suffering from depressive symptoms have an
increased risk for physical diseases,
especially for arthrosis and arthritis. These findings
were reported by researchers
from the University of Basel and the Ruhr-University
Bochum.
Their results, based on data from 14,300 people living in
Switzerland,
have been published in the scientific journal Frontiers in Public Health.
Depression is one of the leading health risks and affects
350 million people worldwide.
In Switzerland, around 400,000 people individuals suffer
from it each year.
Several studies in countries around the globe have shown
that depression
is associated with an elevated risk for a variety of
physical diseases.
However, for Switzerland, a country ranked as one of the wealthiest
and with one of the best and most expensive health care
systems worldwide,
the association between depressive symptoms and physical
diseases had yet been unclear.
A research group led by Prof. Gunther Meinlschmidt
from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Basel
and the Faculty of Medicine at the Ruhr-University Bochum
has now attempted to close this gap. They conducted analyses, using data from
the Swiss Health Survey,
comprising of 14,348 subjects aged 15 years and older.
Risk for arthrosis and
arthritis
The psychologists report that participants with
depressive symptoms have a higher risk
of suffering from a physical disease. Roughly one third
of the participants suffering from depression also suffer from at least one
physical disease. This association was evident especially
with arthrosis and arthritis that are degenerative and
inflammatory diseases of the joints.
More studies are now needed to further scrutinize the
association between depression
and joint diseases. According to the study, it can be
speculated that depressive symptoms result
in a lack of interest in physical activity, which may
then lead to joint diseases. However, it could also be the other way around:
People with joint diseases may be impaired in their daily activities negatively
affecting their mental health and ultimately resulting in depressive symptoms.
Or: Joint diseases are often caused by inflammatory
processes, which have also been speculated
for certain types of depressive disorders. Therefore, inflammatory
processes may represent
the link between depressive symptoms and physical
diseases.
Improving health care
"A better understanding of the association between
depressive symptoms and physical diseases
in Switzerland is the basis for a better health care
provision for people suffering
from mental disorders as well as physical diseases,"
says Gunther Meinlschmidt, author of the study. In addition, these findings are
also important for health care policy, for example by improving
the precision of future estimates of societal burden and
costs related to depression.
Journal Reference:
1. Donja Rodic, Andrea Hans Meyer, Gunther Meinlschmidt. The Association between Depressive Symptoms and Physical Diseases in Switzerland: A Cross-Sectional General Population Study.
Frontiers in Public Health, 2015; 3 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00047
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