Estimating the impact of child and early adolescent depression on subsequent educational attainment: secondary analysis of an existing data linkage.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Depression is thought to be associated with lower subsequent educational attainment during school. But, without longitudinal studies which take account of prior attainment and other potential confounders, estimates of the impact of clinically recognised depression in childhood and early adolescence are unknown. We investigated whether a clinical diagnosis of depression is associated with lower subsequent educational attainment, and whether the association is modified by gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of an existing administrative data linkage between national educational data and a large mental healthcare provider in London, UK (2007-2013). Depression diagnosis before age 15 (exposure) was measured from electronic h

SUBMITTER: Wickersham A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8679834 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature