Carta Mauro Giovanni, Atzeni Michela, D'Oca Silvia, Perra Alessandra, D'Aloja Ernesto, Brasesco Maria Veronica, Moro Maria Francesca, Minerba Luigi, Sancassiani Federica, Moro Daniela, Mausel Gustavo, Bhugra Dinesh
Department of Public Health, Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Universidad del Museo Social Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
BMC Psychiatry. 2017 Feb 8;17(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1226-1.
The aim of this study is to measure in two samples of Sardinian immigrants in Buenos Aires and representatives of the population in Sardinia the prevalence of depressive symptoms at the time of an economic crisis in Sardinia and to compare these results with those collected at the time of a similar crisis in Argentina more than 10 years before.
Observational study. The associations of Sardinian immigrants in Buenos Aires provided the lists of families of Sardinian origin. A random sample of one fifth of registered families was selected. The sample of a study carried out in Sardinia was used as the control. The results were compared with those of the previous study performed in 2001-2002. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9) was used for the screening of depression.
The Sardinian immigrants show a lower rate of scoring positively on PHQ9 (i.e. less risk of being depressed) and reach statistical significance after standardization (8.7% vs. 13.1%, P = 0.046). Young women (≤40) are at higher risk. On the contrary, the risk of depression was higher in Sardinian immigrants in Argentina during the 2001-2002 crises.
The study indicates a risk for depressive episodes linked to the fallout of the economic crisis (in Argentina in 2001-2002, in Sardinia in 2015) and specifically more in females than in males. Due to the associated socio-demographic risk factors, these results could be interpreted as due to an increase in non-bipolar depression.
本研究旨在测量布宜诺斯艾利斯的撒丁岛移民样本以及撒丁岛当地居民样本在撒丁岛经济危机期间的抑郁症状患病率,并将这些结果与10多年前阿根廷类似危机期间收集的结果进行比较。
观察性研究。布宜诺斯艾利斯的撒丁岛移民协会提供了撒丁岛裔家庭名单。从登记家庭中随机抽取五分之一作为样本。将在撒丁岛进行的一项研究的样本用作对照。结果与2001 - 2002年进行的先前研究结果进行比较。使用患者健康问卷(PHQ9)进行抑郁症筛查。
撒丁岛移民在PHQ9上的阳性得分率较低(即抑郁风险较低),标准化后具有统计学意义(8.7%对13.1%,P = 0.046)。年轻女性(≤40岁)风险更高。相反,在2001 - 2002年危机期间,阿根廷的撒丁岛移民患抑郁症的风险更高。
该研究表明,经济危机的影响(2001 - 2002年在阿根廷,2015年在撒丁岛)与抑郁发作风险相关,特别是女性比男性风险更高。由于相关的社会人口统计学风险因素,这些结果可解释为非双相抑郁症的增加。