Depressive symptoms during early adulthood and the development of physical multimorbidity in the UK: an observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An understanding of whether early-life depression is associated with physical multimorbidity could be instrumental for the development of preventive measures and the integrated management of depression. We therefore aimed to map out the cumulative incidence of physical multimorbidity over adulthood, and to determine the association between the presence of depressive symptoms during early adulthood and the development of physical multimorbidity in middle age.

Methods

In this observational cohort study, we used pooled data from the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) and the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS). Cohort waves were pooled in each decade of adult life available (when cohort members were aged 26 years in the BCS and 23 years in the NCDS [baseline];

SUBMITTER: Arias-de la Torre J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8636278 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature