PMID- 19949201
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100310
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 1472-1465 (Electronic)
IS  - 0007-1250 (Linking)
VI  - 195
IP  - 6
DP  - 2009 Dec
TI  - Population prevalence of depression and mean Beck Depression Inventory score.
PG  - 516-9
LID - 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.066191 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: For some phenomena the mean of population distributions predicts the 
      proportion of people exceeding a threshold value. AIMS: To investigate whether in 
      depression, too, the population mean predicts the number of individuals at the 
      extreme end of the distribution. METHOD: We used data from the European Outcome 
      in Depression International Network (ODIN) study from populations in Finland, 
      Norway and the UK to create models that predicted the prevalence of depression 
      based on the mean Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) score. The models were tested 
      on data from Ireland and Spain. RESULTS: Mean BDI score correlated well with the 
      prevalence of depression determined by clinical interviews. A model based on the 
      beta distribution best fitted the BDI distribution. Both models predicted the 
      depression prevalence in Ireland and Spain fairly well. CONCLUSIONS: The mean of 
      a continuous population distribution of mood predicts the prevalence of 
      depression. Characteristics of both individuals and populations determine 
      depression rates.
FAU - Veerman, J L
AU  - Veerman JL
AD  - The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston Road, Herston 
      Qld 4006, Australia. l.veerman@uq.edu.au
FAU - Dowrick, C
AU  - Dowrick C
FAU - Ayuso-Mateos, J L
AU  - Ayuso-Mateos JL
FAU - Dunn, G
AU  - Dunn G
FAU - Barendregt, J J
AU  - Barendregt JJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Br J Psychiatry
JT  - The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
JID - 0342367
SB  - IM
EIN - Br J Psychiatry. 2016 Nov;209(5):436. PMID: 27802988
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Cross-Cultural Comparison
MH  - Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Europe/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Rural Health
MH  - Urban Health
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2009/12/02 06:00
MHDA- 2010/03/11 06:00
CRDT- 2009/12/02 06:00
PHST- 2009/12/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/12/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/03/11 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0007125000251258 [pii]
AID - 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.066191 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Dec;195(6):516-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.066191.