Socioeconomic position, symptoms of depression and subsequent mental healthcare treatment: a Danish register-based 6-month follow-up study on a population survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Examine whether the severity of symptoms of depression was associated with the type of mental healthcare treatment (MHCT) received, independent of socioeconomic position (SEP).

Design

Register-based 6-month follow-up study on participants from the Danish General Suburban Population Study (GESUS) 2010-2013, who scored the Major Depression Inventory (MDI).

Participants

Nineteen thousand and eleven respondents from GESUS.

Interventions

The MHCT of the participants was tracked in national registers 4 months prior and 6 months after their MDI scores. MHCT was graduated in levels. SEP was defined by years of formal postsecondary education and income categorised into three levels. Data were analysed using logistic and Poisson regression analyses.

Outcomes

SUBMITTER: Packness A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194401 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature