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Spousal resemblance for history of major depressive episode in the previous year

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2017

S. LINDEMAN ,
J. KAPRIO ,
E. ISOMETSÄ ,
K. POIKOLAINEN ,
M. HEIKKINEN ,
J. HÄMÄLÄINEN ,
L. HAARASILTA ,
T. LAUKKALA  and
H. ARO
S. LINDEMAN
Affiliation:
From the National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research and the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki City Health Department, Eastern Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki; and Department of Psychiatry and Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
J. KAPRIO
Affiliation:
From the National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research and the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki City Health Department, Eastern Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki; and Department of Psychiatry and Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
E. ISOMETSÄ
Affiliation:
From the National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research and the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki City Health Department, Eastern Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki; and Department of Psychiatry and Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
K. POIKOLAINEN
Affiliation:
From the National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research and the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki City Health Department, Eastern Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki; and Department of Psychiatry and Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
M. HEIKKINEN
Affiliation:
From the National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research and the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki City Health Department, Eastern Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki; and Department of Psychiatry and Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
J. HÄMÄLÄINEN
Affiliation:
From the National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research and the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki City Health Department, Eastern Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki; and Department of Psychiatry and Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
L. HAARASILTA
Affiliation:
From the National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research and the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki City Health Department, Eastern Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki; and Department of Psychiatry and Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
T. LAUKKALA
Affiliation:
From the National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research and the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki City Health Department, Eastern Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki; and Department of Psychiatry and Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
H. ARO
Affiliation:
From the National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research and the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki City Health Department, Eastern Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki; and Department of Psychiatry and Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Abstract

Background. There is discrepancy in findings on spousal concordance for major depression. Here we report the risk of depression and its determinants in spouses of persons with or without depression, taking into account several known risk factors for major depression.

Methods. A random sample of non-institutionalized Finnish individual aged 15–75 years was interviewed in the 1996 National Health Care Survey. The sample included 1708 male–female spouse pairs. Major depressive episode (MDE) during the last 12 months was assessed using the Short Form of the University of Michigan version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (the UM-CIDI Short Form). Risk factors were assessed in the same interview.

Results. Factors associating with MDE were spouse's MDE, own alcohol intoxication at least once a week and own chronic medical conditions. In addition, there was a strong association between female's current smoking and male's MDE, independently of other risk factors and spousal MDE. The association of MDE with spouses's MDE was not affected by taking into account other assessed risk factors (own or spouse's).

Conclusions. The results indicate elevated spouse concordance for MDE independent of the risk factors assessed in the present study.

Type
Brief Communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , February 2002 , pp. 363 - 367
Copyright
2002 Cambridge University Press

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