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A nationwide population-based study of depression in Brazil

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The prevalence of positive screening for depression in Brazil was similar to other studies conducted worldwide, and this proportion reflects a considerable absolute number of people with greater risk of depression that may require adequate management through the health system and services.
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This article is published in Journal of Affective Disorders.The article was published on 2016-03-01. It has received 90 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Depression (differential diagnoses) & Cross-sectional study.

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Gender differences in depression in representative national samples: Meta-analyses of diagnoses and symptoms.

TL;DR: The gender difference in depression represents a health disparity, especially in adolescence, yet the magnitude of the difference indicates that depression in men should not be overlooked, yet cross-national analyses indicated that larger gender differences were found in nations with greater gender equity, for major depression, but not depression symptoms.
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No health without mental health.

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Inequities in access to depression treatment: results of the Brazilian National Health Survey – PNS

TL;DR: Investigating differences in access to treatment for depression according to socio-demographic characteristics, geographical area and multi-morbidity in a nationally representative sample of individuals with depression in Brazil found that being female, white, aged between 30 and 69 years, living in regions other than the North, having higher education and having multi-Morbidities were independently associated with higher likelihood of access to any treatment.
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Epidemiology of multimorbidity within the Brazilian adult general population: Evidence from the 2013 National Health Survey (PNS 2013)

TL;DR: Multimorbidity in Brazil is as common as in more affluent countries, with prevalence rate ratios being significantly higher in women, older people and those with lowest educational level.
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The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure.

TL;DR: In addition to making criteria-based diagnoses of depressive disorders, the PHQ-9 is also a reliable and valid measure of depression severity, which makes it a useful clinical and research tool.
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Alternatives for logistic regression in cross-sectional studies: an empirical comparison of models that directly estimate the prevalence ratio

TL;DR: Cox or Poisson regression with robust variance and log-binomial regression provide correct estimates and are a better alternative for the analysis of cross-sectional studies with binary outcomes than logistic regression, since the prevalence ratio is more interpretable and easier to communicate to non-specialists than the odds ratio.
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No health without mental health.

TL;DR: Mental health affects progress towards the achievement of several Millennium Development Goals, such as promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women, reduction of child mortality, improvement of maternal health, and reversal of the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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Gender Differences in Depression

TL;DR: For example, this article found that women are twice as likely as men to experience depression from early adolescence through adulthood, and that gender differences in stress experiences and stress reactivity may interact to create women's greater vulnerability to depression.
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