Educational attainment inequalities in depressive symptoms in more than 100,000 individuals in Europe

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11120/20:43920776 RIV/00216208:11130/20:10417624

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-psychiatry/article/educational-attainment-inequalities-in-depressive-symptoms-in-more-than-100000-individuals-in-europe/3776C90308F214684786D8B492D50A0B" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-psychiatry/article/educational-attainment-inequalities-in-depressive-symptoms-in-more-than-100000-individuals-in-europe/3776C90308F214684786D8B492D50A0B</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.100" target="_blank" >10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.100</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Educational attainment inequalities in depressive symptoms in more than 100,000 individuals in Europe

Original language description

Background: Increasing educational attainment (EA) could decrease the occurrence of depression. We investigated the relationship between EA and depressive symptoms in older individuals across four European regions. Methods: We studied 108,315 Europeans (54% women, median age 63 years old) from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe assessing EA (seven educational levels based on International Standard Classification of Education [ISCED] classification) and depressive symptoms (≥4 points on EURO-D scale). Logistic regression estimated the association between EA and depressive symptoms, adjusting for sociodemographic and health-related factors, testing for sex/age/region and education interactions. Results: Higher EA was associated with lower odds of depressive symptoms, independent of sociodemographic and health-related factors. A threshold of the lowest odds of depressive symptoms was detected at the first stage of tertiary education (OR 0.60; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.55–0.65; p &lt; 0.001; relative to no education). Central and Eastern Europe showed the strongest association (OR for high vs. low education 0.37; 95% CI 0.33–0.40; p &lt; 0.001) and Scandinavia the weakest (OR for high vs. low education 0.69; 95% CI 0.60–0.80; p &lt; 0.001). The association was strongest among younger individuals. There was a sex and education interaction only within Central and Eastern Europe. Conclusions: Level of EA is reflected in later-life depressive symptoms, suggesting that supporting individuals in achieving EA, and considering those with lower EA at increased risk for depression, could lead to decreased burden of depression across the life course. Further educational support in Central and Eastern Europe may decrease the higher burden of depressive symptoms in women.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30302 - Epidemiology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Psychiatry

ISSN

0924-9338

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

63

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

FR - FRANCE

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

"e97"

UT code for WoS article

000595332400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85097211185