Common mental disorders : evaluating their impact on disability and the role of socieoeconomic factors

Barbaglia, María Gabriela

Common mental disorders : evaluating their impact on disability and the role of socieoeconomic factors

Document Type

Doctoral thesis
Published Version

Author

Barbaglia, María Gabriela

Director

Alonso Caballero, Jordi

Publication Date

2014-11-24

Pages

177 p.

Citation

Barbaglia, M. Common mental disorders : evaluating their impact on disability and the role of socieoeconomic factors. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; 2014. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/346929

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Doctoral program

Programa de doctorat en Biomedicina

Abstract

The general aim of this Doctoral Thesis was to assess the association of common mental disorders with disability and socioeconomic factors. These factors were considered both as important consequences (or burdens) and also as potential determinants of the incidence of common mental disorders. Data used in this Thesis came from two general population-based studies: the World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys, a worldwide initiative launched by the World Health Organization to gather data on prevalence and correlates of mental disorders of the adult population (+18); and the Netherlands Mental Health Incidence Study 2 (NEMESIS-2), a longitudinal study with two waves of data collection (baseline: 2007-9 and follow-up: 2010-12). Common mental disorders were found to be important contributors to disability in Europe and also in Spain. Socioeconomic adversities, such as job loss and household income reductions, increased the risk of incidence of mental disorders. Low functional status was also associated with the incidence of common mental disorders. This Doctoral Thesis shows that common mental disorders carry on important functional and socioeconomic burdens and, at the same time, these factors also contribute to their development. A better understanding of these bidirectional associations may help tackling the circle of disadvantage in which common mental disorders appears in its central axis.
L’objectiu general d’aquesta Tesis Doctoral va ser avaluar l’associació dels trastorns mentals comuns amb la discapacitat funcional i amb factors socioeconòmics. Aquests factors van ser considerats com conseqüències (o càrregues) i també com possibles determinants de la incidència d’aquests trastorns mentals. Les dades utilitzades en aquesta Tesis van provenir de dos estudis de base poblacional: un és la Iniciativa Mundial d’Enquestes de Salut Mental (WMH) de la Organització Mundial de la Salut que recull dades sobre prevalença i factors relacionats de trastorns mentals de la població adulta (+18 anys); i l’altre l’estudi the Netherlands Mental Health and Incidence Study (NEMESIS-2), un estudi longitudinal amb dos moments de recollida de dades (basal: 2007-9 i seguiment: 2010-12). Els trastorns mentals freqüents són importants contribuents a la discapacitat funcional en Europa i en Espanga. Les adversitats socioeconòmiques, van augmentar el risc de incidència dels trastorns mentals. El baix funcionament va ser factor de risc de desenvolupar un trastorn mental incident, en particular depressió i ansietat. Aquesta Tesis Doctoral mostra que els trastorns mentals freqüents comporten importants càrregues funcionals i socioeconòmiques i al mateix temps, aquest mateixos factors també contribueixen al desenvolupament d’aquests trastorns. Una millor comprensió d’aquestes associacions bidireccionals poden ajudar a fer front al cercle de desavantatge en el que els trastorns mentals comuns apareixen com eix central.

Keywords

Common mental disorders, Disability, Burden, Socioeconomic factors, Earnings, Trastorns mentals freqüents, Discapacitat, Càrrega, Factors socioeconòmics, Salari