Prevalence of mental illness in primary care and its association with deprivation and social fragmentation at the small-area level in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to spatially describe mental illness prevalence in England at small-area geographical level, as measured by prevalence of depression, severe mental illness (SMI) and antidepressant prescription volume in primary care records, and how much of their variation was explained by deprivation, social fragmentation and sociodemographic characteristics.

Methods

Information on prevalence of depression and SMI was obtained from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) administrative dataset for 2015/16 and the national dispensing dataset for 2015/16. Linear regression models were fitted to examine ecological associations between deprivation, social fragmentation, other sociodemographic characteristics and mental illness prevalence.

Results

Mental illness prev

SUBMITTER: Grigoroglou C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7083582 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature