Hwu H G, Chang I H, Yeh E K, Chang C J, Yeh L L
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 1996 Aug;184(8):497-502. doi: 10.1097/00005053-199608000-00007.
The lifetime prevalence rate of major depressive disorder (MDD), as defined by the Chinese Diagnostic Interview Schedule, is 1.14% in Taiwan. This is significantly lower than the lifetime prevalence rates reported in Western studies and similar to other studies in the Chinese population using similar methods for assessing cases of MDD. Epidemiological data from 136 MDD cases were analyzed to provide possible explanations for this difference in lifetime prevalence rates. The low rate of broken families in Chinese culture, low comorbidity rate, and older age of onset of MDD may suggest a reality of low lifetime prevalence rates of MDD in Taiwan.
根据《中国诊断访谈量表》的定义，台湾地区重度抑郁症（MDD）的终生患病率为1.14%。这显著低于西方研究报告的终生患病率，与其他针对中国人群、采用类似方法评估MDD病例的研究结果相近。对136例MDD病例的流行病学数据进行了分析，以解释终生患病率存在差异的可能原因。中国文化中破碎家庭比例低、共病率低以及MDD发病年龄较大，这些可能表明台湾地区MDD终生患病率较低这一现实情况。
