Mental health status of the European population and its determinants: A cross-national comparison study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to provide an up-to-date cross-national comparison of the European population mental health (MH) status and its determinants.

Methods

For the European Union (EU) 27 countries and the UK 6 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in MH status (e.g., prevalence of mental disorders) and 19 KPIs in individual (e.g., smoking), environmental (e.g., air pollution) and socioeconomic (e.g., poor housing conditions) determinants of MH were measured. KPIs scores were standardised in a 1-10 Likert Scale (1: worst performance; 10: best performance), thus allowing between-country comparisons of the relative performance. Exploratory unadjusted bivariate correlations between KPIs-transformed scores were run.

Results

Based on the KPIs-t

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Morinigo JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12344470 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature