Sexual and physical abuse and depressive symptoms in the UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between sexual and physical abuse and subsequent depression is well-established, but the associations with specific depressive symptoms and sex differences remain relatively understudied. We investigated the associations of sexual and physical abuse with depressive symptoms in men and women in a large population cohort.

Methods

Observational study based on 151,396 UK Biobank participants. Exposures included self-reported experiences of childhood physical abuse and sexual abuse. Mid-life outcomes included current depressive symptoms score, individual depressive symptoms, and lifetime depression. We used logistic regression to test associations of childhood sexual/physical abuse with depressive outcomes.

Results

Recalled childhood sexual and p

SUBMITTER: Chaplin AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8127207 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature