Levels of depression and life exhaustion in the open population of the middle urbanized Siberian city: gender differences

• Main Authors: E V Akimova, M Ju Akimov, E I Gakova, M M Kayumova, V V Gafarov, V A Kuznetsov
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: "Consilium Medicum" Publishing house 2019-01-01
• Series: Терапевтический архив
• Subjects: epidemiological study; depression; life exhaustion; open population; gender aspect
• Online Access: https://ter-arkhiv.ru/0040-3660/article/viewFile/32904/pdf

The aim of the study was to determine the levels of depression and life exhaustion in men and women of the open urban population in the age range. Materials and methods. A single-stage epidemiological study was conducted among people of both sexes aged 25-64 in Tyumen. A representative sample was formed from the electoral lists of citizens by the method of "random numbers" - 2000 men and women with a response among men 85.0%, among women - 70.3%. The study of depression was conducted according to the algorithms of the program of the world health organization "MONICA-psychosocial". Results. The prevalence of depression in the Tyumen population and in the age and sex groups showed a predominance of the average level over the high, in the age categories 25-34 and 35-44 years - significantly higher prevalence of high levels of depression in women. The higher prevalence of the average level of men and women IN the open population was determined to be relatively high. The average level of LIFE significantly prevails in women in the older age categories and in the population as a whole, the high level of LIFE - at the age of 25-34 years in women and at the age of 55-64 years in men. Conclusion. Therefore, in the open population of the middle-urbanized Siberian city there is a need to form an integrated approach to the prevention of non-infectious diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases, as it is established that prevention programs lead to a reduction in the burden of depression and, and effective approaches to the prevention of psycho-emotional States at the level of individual communities include school-oriented programs to teach positive thinking among the population, starting from a young age.