Gender inequalities in the prevalence of low mood and related factors in schooled adolescents during the 2019-2020 school year

BACKGROUND: Mood disorders are the second most prevalent mental disorders in childhood and adolescence. Many undiagnosed people manifest subthreshold symptoms, like low mood, and present worse prognoses than asymptomatic healthy subjects. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of low m...

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Autores: González Casals, Helena|||0000-0002-9605-3080, Vives Brosa, Jaume|||0000-0001-5412-7275, Bosque Prous, Marina|||0000-0002-8830-8880, Folch, Cinta|||0000-0001-8400-2668, Drou-Roget, Gemma|||0000-0003-4545-3532, Muntaner, Carles, 1957-|||0000-0002-2405-5802, Vives-Cases, Carmen|||0000-0002-6797-5051, Barbaglia, María Gabriela|||0000-0002-6501-7079, Colom Farran, J.|||0000-0001-6861-7865, Espelt, Albert|||0000-0002-8625-4356
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Humans
Male
Adolescent
Female
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Prevalence
Gender Equity
Gender inequalities
Depression
Epidemiology
Schools
SDG 5 - Gender Equality
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Low mood
Lifestyle factors
Mood disorders
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spelling Gender inequalities in the prevalence of low mood and related factors in schooled adolescents during the 2019-2020 school yearDESKcohort projectGonzález Casals, Helena|||0000-0002-9605-3080Vives Brosa, Jaume|||0000-0001-5412-7275Bosque Prous, Marina|||0000-0002-8830-8880Folch, Cinta|||0000-0001-8400-2668Drou-Roget, Gemma|||0000-0003-4545-3532Muntaner, Carles, 1957-|||0000-0002-2405-5802Vives-Cases, Carmen|||0000-0002-6797-5051Barbaglia, María Gabriela|||0000-0002-6501-7079Colom Farran, J.|||0000-0001-6861-7865Espelt, Albert|||0000-0002-8625-4356HumansMaleAdolescentFemaleChildCross-Sectional StudiesPrevalenceGender EquityGender inequalitiesDepressionEpidemiologySchoolsSDG 5 - Gender EqualitySDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsLow moodLifestyle factorsMood disordersBACKGROUND: Mood disorders are the second most prevalent mental disorders in childhood and adolescence. Many undiagnosed people manifest subthreshold symptoms, like low mood, and present worse prognoses than asymptomatic healthy subjects. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of low mood, gender inequalities, and associated factors, in 12- to 18-year-old adolescents in the rural and medium-sized urban areas of Central Catalonia during the 2019-2020 academic year. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with data from a cohort of high-schooled students (2019-2020), with a convenience sample of 6428 adolescents from the Central region of Catalonia (48.3 % boys and 51.7 % girls). Prevalence of low mood was estimated by gender and exposure variables, and ratios were obtained using Poisson regression models, adjusting for several exposure variables one by one, and for all of them jointly. RESULTS: The prevalence of low mood was 18.6 %, with statistically significant differences between genders (11.6 %, 95 % CI: 10.5-12.8 in boys and 25.1 %, 95 % CI: 23.7-26.6 in girls). Being an immigrant, dieting, and daily tobacco smoking were only associated with low mood in girls, whereas risky alcohol consumption was only associated in boys. Sexual violence was found to account for 36.2 % of low mood problems in girls. LIMITATIONS: The main limitation of the study is its cross-sectional design, which means that no casual relationships can be extracted of this study. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of low mood varies between the sexes, highlighting the importance of developing gender-specific interventions to reduce its incidence in young people, considering the factors associated with this condition. 22023-01-0120232023-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/292465https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.jad.2023.04.058reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2924652026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gender inequalities in the prevalence of low mood and related factors in schooled adolescents during the 2019-2020 school year
DESKcohort project
title Gender inequalities in the prevalence of low mood and related factors in schooled adolescents during the 2019-2020 school year
spellingShingle Gender inequalities in the prevalence of low mood and related factors in schooled adolescents during the 2019-2020 school year
González Casals, Helena|||0000-0002-9605-3080
Humans
Male
Adolescent
Female
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Prevalence
Gender Equity
Gender inequalities
Depression
Epidemiology
Schools
SDG 5 - Gender Equality
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Low mood
Lifestyle factors
Mood disorders
title_short Gender inequalities in the prevalence of low mood and related factors in schooled adolescents during the 2019-2020 school year
title_full Gender inequalities in the prevalence of low mood and related factors in schooled adolescents during the 2019-2020 school year
title_fullStr Gender inequalities in the prevalence of low mood and related factors in schooled adolescents during the 2019-2020 school year
title_full_unstemmed Gender inequalities in the prevalence of low mood and related factors in schooled adolescents during the 2019-2020 school year
title_sort Gender inequalities in the prevalence of low mood and related factors in schooled adolescents during the 2019-2020 school year
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González Casals, Helena|||0000-0002-9605-3080
Vives Brosa, Jaume|||0000-0001-5412-7275
Bosque Prous, Marina|||0000-0002-8830-8880
Folch, Cinta|||0000-0001-8400-2668
Drou-Roget, Gemma|||0000-0003-4545-3532
Muntaner, Carles, 1957-|||0000-0002-2405-5802
Vives-Cases, Carmen|||0000-0002-6797-5051
Barbaglia, María Gabriela|||0000-0002-6501-7079
Colom Farran, J.|||0000-0001-6861-7865
Espelt, Albert|||0000-0002-8625-4356
author González Casals, Helena|||0000-0002-9605-3080
author_facet González Casals, Helena|||0000-0002-9605-3080
Vives Brosa, Jaume|||0000-0001-5412-7275
Bosque Prous, Marina|||0000-0002-8830-8880
Folch, Cinta|||0000-0001-8400-2668
Drou-Roget, Gemma|||0000-0003-4545-3532
Muntaner, Carles, 1957-|||0000-0002-2405-5802
Vives-Cases, Carmen|||0000-0002-6797-5051
Barbaglia, María Gabriela|||0000-0002-6501-7079
Colom Farran, J.|||0000-0001-6861-7865
Espelt, Albert|||0000-0002-8625-4356
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author2 Vives Brosa, Jaume|||0000-0001-5412-7275
Bosque Prous, Marina|||0000-0002-8830-8880
Folch, Cinta|||0000-0001-8400-2668
Drou-Roget, Gemma|||0000-0003-4545-3532
Muntaner, Carles, 1957-|||0000-0002-2405-5802
Vives-Cases, Carmen|||0000-0002-6797-5051
Barbaglia, María Gabriela|||0000-0002-6501-7079
Colom Farran, J.|||0000-0001-6861-7865
Espelt, Albert|||0000-0002-8625-4356
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Humans
Male
Adolescent
Female
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Prevalence
Gender Equity
Gender inequalities
Depression
Epidemiology
Schools
SDG 5 - Gender Equality
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Low mood
Lifestyle factors
Mood disorders
topic Humans
Male
Adolescent
Female
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Prevalence
Gender Equity
Gender inequalities
Depression
Epidemiology
Schools
SDG 5 - Gender Equality
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Low mood
Lifestyle factors
Mood disorders
description BACKGROUND: Mood disorders are the second most prevalent mental disorders in childhood and adolescence. Many undiagnosed people manifest subthreshold symptoms, like low mood, and present worse prognoses than asymptomatic healthy subjects. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of low mood, gender inequalities, and associated factors, in 12- to 18-year-old adolescents in the rural and medium-sized urban areas of Central Catalonia during the 2019-2020 academic year. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with data from a cohort of high-schooled students (2019-2020), with a convenience sample of 6428 adolescents from the Central region of Catalonia (48.3 % boys and 51.7 % girls). Prevalence of low mood was estimated by gender and exposure variables, and ratios were obtained using Poisson regression models, adjusting for several exposure variables one by one, and for all of them jointly. RESULTS: The prevalence of low mood was 18.6 %, with statistically significant differences between genders (11.6 %, 95 % CI: 10.5-12.8 in boys and 25.1 %, 95 % CI: 23.7-26.6 in girls). Being an immigrant, dieting, and daily tobacco smoking were only associated with low mood in girls, whereas risky alcohol consumption was only associated in boys. Sexual violence was found to account for 36.2 % of low mood problems in girls. LIMITATIONS: The main limitation of the study is its cross-sectional design, which means that no casual relationships can be extracted of this study. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of low mood varies between the sexes, highlighting the importance of developing gender-specific interventions to reduce its incidence in young people, considering the factors associated with this condition.
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