Association of major depressive disorder with chronic diseases and multimorbidity in Brazilian adults, stratified by gender: 2019 National Health Survey

• Published in: Revista brasileira de epidemiologia 2021, Vol.24 (suppl 2), p.e210015-e210015
• Main Authors: Sousa, Neuciani Ferreira da Silva, Barros, Marilisa Berti de Azevedo, Medina, Lhais de Paula Barbosa, Malta, Deborah Carvalho, Szwarcwald, Celia Landmann
• Format: Article
• Language: eng ; por
• Subjects: Adult; Brazil - epidemiology; Chronic Disease; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depressive disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major - epidemiology; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Male; Multimorbidity; Prevalence; PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
• ISSN: 1415-790X; 1980-5497; 1980-5497
• DOI: 10.1590/1980-549720210015.supl.2

To analyze the association of major depressive disorder with chronic non-communicable diseases and multimorbidity in Brazilian adults, stratified by gender, as well as examine the interaction between gender and chronic non-communicable diseases in association with major depressive disorder. Based on a sample of 65,803 adults from the 2019 National Health Survey, we estimated the prevalence of major depressive disorder (≥10 points in the Patient Health Questionnaire) according to the presence of chronic non-communicable diseases and multimorbidity (≥2 chronic diseases). Prevalence ratios and their respective confidence intervals were calculated by Poisson regression, and multiplicative interaction terms were used to assess the role of gender in the associations. The prevalence of major depressive disorder among Brazilian adults (18-59 years) was 10.9%, with a statistically significant difference between men (6.0%) and women (15.4%) (p