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Self-perceived level of competitiveness, tension and dependency and depression risk in the SUN cohort

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Title
Self-perceived level of competitiveness, tension and dependency and depression risk in the SUN cohort
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BMC Psychiatry, July 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12888-018-1804-x
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Francisca Lahortiga-Ramos, Cristian Raquel Unzueta, Itziar Zazpe, Susana Santiago, Patricio Molero, Almudena Sánchez-Villegas, Miguel Ángel Martínez-González

Abstract

Emerging evidence suggests a possible etiologic role of certain personality traits (not necessary dysfunctional) in the risk of depression, but the longitudinal long-term available evidence is currently scarce. We longitudinally assessed whether 3 common personality traits (competitiveness, tension and dependency) were associated with the risk of depression after a maximum follow-up of 15 years. We assessed 15,604 university graduates free of depression at baseline through a self-administered questionnaire including personality traits. Simple, Likert-type, questions with 11 possible answers ranging from 0 to 10 were used at baseline to assess the 3 personality traits. We compared participants with high scores (7-10) versus those with low scores (0-4). New medical diagnoses of depression during follow-up were used as the outcome. During a median follow-up of 10.1 y, we prospectively identified 902 new medical diagnoses of depression. The multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for depression were 1.85 (1.52-2.24) for participants with higher baseline tension (7-10 versus 0 to 4), P-trend < 0.001; and 1.23 (1.06-1.44) for high versus low baseline dependence levels, P-trend = 0.004. Higher levels of competitiveness were marginally associated with lower risk of depression, with hazard ratio = 0.78 (0.61-1.01), P-trend = 0.105. A simple scoring system of personality traits shows an independent association with the future occurrence of depression. This finding underscores, with now prospective evidence, the importance of personality traits in the aetiology of depression and can provide a clinically useful tool for gathering valid information about depression-related personality traits.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 34 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 5 15%
Student > Bachelor 3 9%
Student > Postgraduate 3 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Researcher 2 6%
Other 4 12%
Unknown 15 44%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 12%
Psychology 4 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 3%
Other 2 6%
Unknown 17 50%
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