Editor's recommendation: The distribution of depression in China is characterized by a higher prevalence of females than males, higher numbers of unemployed persons than employed persons, and higher numbers of separated, widowed or divorced persons than married or cohabiting persons.
"The Lancet Psychiatry" (The Lancet Psychiatry) published on September 21, 2021, "The Prevalence of Depressive Disorders and Depression in China" led by Peking University Sixth Hospital Huang Yueqin Research on the Epidemiology of Health Service Utilization. This research is part of the China Mental Health Survey from 2012 to 2015. It aims to provide the socio-economic related factors of depression and the current status of health service utilization for depression. The distribution of depression in China is characterized by the prevalence of women higher than men, the unemployed higher than the employed, and the separated, widowed or divorced persons are higher than the married or cohabiting persons. Most patients with depression have social dysfunction. The utilization rate of health services for depression is low, and the rate of adequate treatment is very low. It is necessary for the country to formulate plans to increase the availability, accessibility and acceptability of health resources in order to improve the utilization of health services for people with depression.
According to 2010 data estimates, in China, depression is the second-ranked disease among all diseases in years lived with disability (YLD). However, there are no nationally representative epidemiological data on depression in China, especially no nationally representative data on mental health use of depression.
In this study, a total of 28,140 respondents (12,537 males accounted for 44.6% and 15,603 females accounted for 55.4%) completed the survey. The investigation period was from July 22, 2013 to March 5, 2015. Nationality (Han or non-Han) data is only collected in the second part of the sub-sample. Among all types of depression, the prevalence of women is higher than that of men [the lifetime prevalence odds ratio (OR) is 1.44 (95% CI 1.20-1.72),The prevalence OR in December was 1.41 (1.12-1.78)], the unemployed were more likely to be employed than the employed [the lifetime OR was 2.38 (95%CI 1.68-3.38), and the December OR was 2.80 (95%CI 1.88-4.18)], separated The prevalence of widowed or divorced persons is higher than that of married or cohabiting persons [Lifetime OR is 1.87 (95% CI 1.39-2.51), December OR is 1.85 (95% CI 1.40-2.46)]. Overall, of the 744 people who were diagnosed with depression in the past 12 months, 574 (75.9%) had a role disorder in any dimension of the SDS scale; among 534 people who were diagnosed with depression, 439 (83.6%) had role dysfunction on the SDS scale, 79.8% of those diagnosed with dysthymia, and 59.9% of those diagnosed with unspecified depressive disorder had roles in any dimension of SDS obstacle. Of the 1,007 respondents who were diagnosed with depressive disorder in the past 12 months, only 84 (9.5%) had received treatment from a health service institution: 38 (3.6%) of them sought treatment from a professional mental health doctor. Twenty (1.5%) sought general medical care, 2 (0.3%) sought public services, 21 (2.7%) sought Chinese medicine and other treatments, and only 12 (0.5%) received adequate treatment.
Source: Peking University News Network
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