R D McDowell1, A Ryan1, B P Bunting2, S M O'Neill2, J Alonso3, R Bruffaerts4, R de Graaf5, S Florescu6, G Vilagut7, J M C de Almeida8, G de Girolamo9, J M Haro10, H Hinkov11, V Kovess-Masfety12, H Matschinger13, T Tomov14. 1. Institute of Nursing & Health Research, University of Ulster, Coleraine, N. Ireland. 2. Psychology Research Institute, University of Ulster, Londonderry, N. Ireland. 3. Health Services Research Unit, IMIM-Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain; Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona, Spain. 4. Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum - KU Leuven (UPC-KUL), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 5. Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, the Netherlands. 6. National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development, Bucharest, Romania. 7. Health Services Research Unit, IMIM-Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain. 8. Departamento de Saúde Mental, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal. 9. IRCCS Centro S. Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Italy. 10. Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, CIBER en Salud Mental, Spain. 11. National Center for Public Health Protection, Bulgaria. 12. EHESP, EA4069, Université Paris Descartes, SPC France. 13. University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. 14. Department of Psychiatry, Alexandrovsaka Hospital, Bulgaria.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The World Mental Health Survey Initiative (WMHSI) has advanced our understanding of mental disorders by providing data suitable for analysis across many countries. However, these data have not yet been fully explored from a cross-national lifespan perspective. In particular, there is a shortage of research on the relationship between mood and anxiety disorders and age across countries. In this study we used multigroup methods to model the distribution of 12-month DSM-IV/CIDI mood and anxiety disorders across the adult lifespan in relation to determinants of mental health in 10 European Union (EU) countries. METHOD: Logistic regression was used to model the odds of any mood or any anxiety disorder as a function of age, gender, marital status, urbanicity and employment using a multigroup approach (n = 35500). This allowed for the testing of specific lifespan hypotheses across participating countries. RESULTS: No simple geographical pattern exists with which to describe the relationship between 12-month prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders and age. Of the adults sampled, very few aged ≥ 80 years met DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for these disorders. The associations between these disorders and key sociodemographic variables were relatively homogeneous across countries after adjusting for age. CONCLUSIONS: Further research is required to confirm that there are indeed stages in the lifespan where the reported prevalence of mental disorders is low, such as among younger adults in the East and older adults in the West. This project illustrates the difficulties in conducting research among different age groups simultaneously.
BACKGROUND: The World Mental Health Survey Initiative (WMHSI) has advanced our understanding of mental disorders by providing data suitable for analysis across many countries. However, these data have not yet been fully explored from a cross-national lifespan perspective. In particular, there is a shortage of research on the relationship between mood and anxiety disorders and age across countries. In this study we used multigroup methods to model the distribution of 12-month DSM-IV/CIDI mood and anxiety disorders across the adult lifespan in relation to determinants of mental health in 10 European Union (EU) countries. METHOD: Logistic regression was used to model the odds of any mood or any anxiety disorder as a function of age, gender, marital status, urbanicity and employment using a multigroup approach (n = 35500). This allowed for the testing of specific lifespan hypotheses across participating countries. RESULTS: No simple geographical pattern exists with which to describe the relationship between 12-month prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders and age. Of the adults sampled, very few aged ≥ 80 years met DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for these disorders. The associations between these disorders and key sociodemographic variables were relatively homogeneous across countries after adjusting for age. CONCLUSIONS: Further research is required to confirm that there are indeed stages in the lifespan where the reported prevalence of mental disorders is low, such as among younger adults in the East and older adults in the West. This project illustrates the difficulties in conducting research among different age groups simultaneously.
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