TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - Increased odds for depression and antidepressant use in the inactive Spanish population JO - International journal of environmental research and public health A1 - Galán-Arroyo, Carmen A1 - Pereira-Payo, Damián A1 - Rojo-Ramos, Jorge A1 - Hernández-Mocholí, Miguel A. A1 - Merellano-Navarro, Eugenio A1 - Pérez-Gómez, Jorge A1 - Denche-Zamorano, Ángel A1 - Adsuar, José Carmelo SP - e2829 EP - e2829 VL - 19 IS - 5 N2 - INTRODUCTION: Depression is a disabling mental illness and therefore also a serious public health problem. It affects 5% of the adult population in the world and is the leading cause of disability, with an annual cost of USD one trillion. In Spain, its prevalence is 13.4%, costing EUR 6000 million a year. Physical inactivity has been linked to an increase in depressive symptoms, with physical activity associated with an improvement in health-related quality of life.

OBJECTIVE: To calculate the odds ratio (OR) and relative risk (RR) of suffering from depression and taking antidepressants in the inactive Spanish population compared to groups with a higher level of physical activity.

METHOD: 17,141 individuals aged 18-69 years residing in Spain and interviewed in the 2017 Spanish National Health Survey were included in this cross-sectional investigation.

RESULTS: Dependence relationships were found between the level of physical activity and the prevalence of depression and taking antidepressants (p < 0.001). We found elevated ORs and RRs for depression and antidepressant use in inactive people compared to those with a high/very high level of physical activity (Depression: OR: 4.32. CI95%: 3.35-5.57. RR: 1.59. 95% CI: 1.51-1.68; Antidepressants: OR: 4.95. CI95%: 3.59-6.82. RR: 1.61. CI95%: 1.52-1.71).

CONCLUSIONS: Belonging to an inactive population group increases the risk of suffering from depression and of taking antidepressants.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 1661-7827 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052829 ID - ref1 ER -