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2019-12-11Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/6227
Depressive symptoms in a European comparison – Results from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) 2
dc.contributor.authorRobert Koch-Institut
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T10:20:11Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T10:20:11Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-11none
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/6248
dc.description.abstractDepression is associated with a significant individual and social burden of disease. The European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) provides data that can be used to compare the situation in Germany to that of other European countries. Data was evaluated from 254,510 interviewees from Germany and 24 additional Member States of the European Union (EU). Depressive symptoms as defined by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8) were used as an indicator of depression. The prevalence in Germany (9.2%) is higher than the European average (6.6%). However, when the severity of depression is taken into account, only the prevalence of mild depressive symptoms is higher (6.3% versus 4.1%). In Germany, young people display depressive symptoms more frequently (11.5% versus 5.2%) than older people (6.7% versus 9.1%). These results should be discussed against the backdrop of differences in age and social structure and point toward a need for prevention and provision of care targeting younger people in Germany, in particular.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 4.0) Namensnennung 4.0 Internationalger
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectDepressive symptomseng
dc.subjectDepressive symptom severity
dc.subjectSex and age
dc.subjectEuropean comparison
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleDepressive symptoms in a European comparison – Results from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) 2none
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:0257-176904/6248-9
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/6227
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleJournal of Health Monitoringnone
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://www.rki.de/EN/Content/Health_Monitoring/JoHM_en/JoHM_en_node.htmlnone
local.edoc.container-volume4none
local.edoc.container-issue4none
local.edoc.container-reportyear2019none
local.edoc.container-periodicalpart-creatorRobert Koch-Institutnone
local.edoc.container-firstpageXXnone
local.edoc.container-lastpageXXnone
local.edoc.rki-departmentEpidemiologie und Gesundheitsmonitoringnone
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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