Associations between physical multimorbidity patterns and common mental health disorders in middle-aged adults: A prospective analysis using data from the UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to identify specific patterns of physical multimorbidity, defined as the presence of two or more physical long-term conditions, and to examine the extent to which these specific patterns could predict future incident and persistent common mental health disorders (CMDs) in middle-aged adults enrolled in the UK Biobank.

Methods

We assessed prospective associations between physical multimorbidity status at the baseline assessment (2006-2010) and depression and anxiety 'caseness' according to the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 and the Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD)-7 at the follow-up assessment (2016) in 154,367 middle-aged adults enrolled in the UK Biobank (median age: 57 years, interquartile range = 50-62 years, 56.5% female, mea

SUBMITTER: Ronaldson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8447568 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature