Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Spain: Are There Gender Inequalities?
dc.contributor.author | Cabezas Rodríguez, Andrea | |
dc.contributor.author | Bacigalupe de la Hera, Amaia | |
dc.contributor.author | Martín Roncero, Unai | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-12T13:16:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-12T13:16:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-12-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(24) : (2020) // Article ID 9232 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 1660-4601 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/49689 | |
dc.description.abstract | It is well known that women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with depression and to consume antidepressants. The factors related to the medicalisation of depression and their social distribution remain unclear. The aim of this study was to analyse gender inequalities in the medicalisation of depression from an intersectional perspective. This was a cross-sectional study based on data from the European Health Survey relating to Spain. Gender inequalities were calculated using prevalence ratios of women compared to men with a diagnosis of depression and antidepressant use, adjusted for age, depressive symptoms, primary care visits and diagnosis of depression in the case of antidepressant use. After adjustments, the diagnosis of depression and the use of antidepressants were more prevalent in women, especially of lower socioeconomic levels. Gender inequalities in the diagnosis of depression also increased with decreasing level of education. Regarding the use of antidepressants, gender inequalities were not significant in university graduates and people of higher social. The gender inequalities found in the diagnosis and treatment of depression cannot be completely attributed to a higher level of depressive symptoms in women or their greater frequency of visits to primary care. Inequalities are greater in more vulnerable social groups. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Spanish Government. Call 2018 for R + D + I projects “Research Challenges” of the state program of R + D + I oriented to the challenges of society, grant number RTI2018-098796-A-I00. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MCIU/RTI2018-098796-A-I00 | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ | |
dc.subject | mental health | es_ES |
dc.subject | depression | es_ES |
dc.subject | gender inequalities | es_ES |
dc.subject | medicalisation | es_ES |
dc.title | Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Spain: Are There Gender Inequalities? | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.date.updated | 2020-12-24T15:57:11Z | |
dc.rights.holder | 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/24/9232/htm | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ijerph17249232 | |
dc.departamentoes | Sociología y trabajo social | |
dc.departamentoeu | Soziologia eta gizarte langintza |
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