© 2001 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Depressive disorders in Europe: prevalence figures from the ODIN study
University Hospital ‘Marqués de Valdecilla’, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Department of Primary Care, University of Liverpool
STAKES Mental Health Research Group, Turku, Finland
Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, Oslo, Norway
Mater Hospital, University College Dublin, Ireland
Division of General Practice, University of Wales College of Medicine, Wrexham, Wales
Clinical and Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Santander, Spain
Department of Primary Care, University of Liverpool
School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester
Department of Psychiatry, University of Liverpool
Correspondence: Professor Vázquez-Barquero, Clinical and Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Avd. Valdecilla s/n Santander 39008, Spain
Declaration of interest Funding detailed in the Acknowledgements. G.W. is Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Background This is the first report on the epidemiology of depressive disorders from the European Outcome of Depression International Network (ODIN) study.
Aims To assess the prevalence of depressive disorders in randomly selected samples of the general population in five European countries.
Method The study was designed as a cross-sectional two-phase community study using the Beck Depression inventory during Phase 1, and the Schedule for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry during Phase 2.
Results An analysis of the combined sample (n=8.764) gave an overall prevalence of depressive disorders of 8.56% (95% CI 7.05-10.37). The figures were 10.05% (95% CI 7.80-12.85) for women and 6.61% (95% CI 4.92-8.83) for men. The centres fall into three categories: high prevalence (urban Ireland and urban UK), low prevalence (urban Spain) and medium prevalence (the remaining sites).
Conclusions Depressive disorder is a highly prevalent condition in Europe. The major finding is the wide difference in the prevalence of depressive disorders found across the study sites.
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