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Depression and mortality in a longitudinal study: 1952–2011

Overview of attention for article published in Canadian Medical Association Journal, October 2017
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Title
Depression and mortality in a longitudinal study: 1952–2011
Published in
Canadian Medical Association Journal, October 2017
DOI 10.1503/cmaj.170125
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Stephen E. Gilman, Ewa Sucha, Mila Kingsbury, Nicholas J. Horton, Jane M. Murphy, Ian Colman

Abstract

Many studies have shown that depression increases mortality risk. We aimed to investigate the duration of time over which depression is associated with increased risk of mortality, secular trends in the association between depression and mortality, and sex differences in the association between depression and mortality. We conducted a cohort study of 3410 adults enrolled in 3 representative samples of a county in Atlantic Canada in 1952 (n = 1003), 1970 (n = 1203) or 1992 (n = 1402) (the Stirling County Study). Depression was measured using a diagnostic algorithm based on the presence of depressed mood and associated symptoms, duration of more than 1 month, and substantial impairment. Vital status of participants through 2011 was determined using probabilistic linkages to the Canadian Mortality Database. Depression was associated with a heightened risk of mortality among men during the 3 time periods of the study, with hazard ratios (HRs) of 2.90 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.69-4.98) between 1952 and 1967, 1.97 (CI 1.34-2.89) between 1968 and 1990, and 1.52 (CI 1.09-2.13) between 1991 and 2011. Elevated risk of mortality was noted among women only between 1990 and 2011 (HR = 1.51; CI = 1.11-2.05). The association between depression and mortality persists over long periods of time and has emerged among women in recent decades, despite contemporaneous improvements in the treatment of depression and reduction of stigma associated with depression. Further research is needed to better understand the mechanisms involved.

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Unknown 228 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 14%
Researcher 29 13%
Student > Master 23 10%
Student > Bachelor 23 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 15 7%
Other 34 15%
Unknown 71 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 49 21%
Psychology 26 11%
Neuroscience 14 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 4%
Other 36 16%
Unknown 84 37%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 472. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 October 2023.
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