caa a22 4500 606221662 CHVBK 20210128101130.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-014-0632-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-014-0632-0 Change in depressive symptoms and mental health-related quality of life in northeast Germany between 1997-2001 and 2008-2012 [Elektronische Daten] [Sebastian Baumeister, Georg Schomerus, Carsten-Oliver Schmidt, Franz Möckel, Neeltje van den Berg, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Henry Völzke, Hans Grabe] Objectives: Little is known about changes in depression and quality of life in East Germany. We examined changes in the prevalence of lifetime and current depressive symptoms and mental health-related quality of life among adults in northeast Germany between 1997-2001 and 2008-2012. Methods: Population-based data were drawn from two repeated cross-sectional surveys conducted 11years apart within the Study of Health of Pomerania project (Ns of 4,228 and 4,251). Assessments included screening items for lifetime depressive symptoms from the Munich Composite International Diagnostic Interview (M-CIDI), the Depression and Exhaustion Scale (DEEX), and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12). Results: Lifetime depressive symptoms rose from 13.2 to 27.8%. The increase was stronger in men than in women and in individuals aged 35-64years. No substantial changes occurred in the overall prevalence of current depressive symptoms (DEEX) and mental health-related quality of life (SF-12). A small decrease in current depressive symptoms was observed in middle-aged men and older women and small improvements in mental health-related quality of life in young adults. Conclusions: Higher reporting of lifetime depressive symptoms might reflect methodological influences as well as lower stigmatization and higher awareness, while the current burden seems similar. Swiss School of Public Health, 2014 Depressive symptoms nationallicence Health-related quality of life nationallicence Trend nationallicence Germany nationallicence Baumeister Sebastian Institute for Community Medicine, Study of Health in Pomerania/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17487, Greifswald, Germany aut Schomerus Georg Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany aut Schmidt Carsten-Oliver Institute for Community Medicine, Study of Health in Pomerania/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17487, Greifswald, Germany aut Möckel Franz Institute for Community Medicine, Study of Health in Pomerania/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17487, Greifswald, Germany aut van den Berg Neeltje Institute for Community Medicine, Study of Health in Pomerania/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17487, Greifswald, Germany aut Hoffmann Wolfgang Institute for Community Medicine, Study of Health in Pomerania/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17487, Greifswald, Germany aut Völzke Henry Institute for Community Medicine, Study of Health in Pomerania/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17487, Greifswald, Germany aut Grabe Hans Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/1(2015-01-01), 33-39 1661-8556 60:1<33 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0632-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0632-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Baumeister Sebastian Institute for Community Medicine, Study of Health in Pomerania/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17487, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schomerus Georg Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schmidt Carsten-Oliver Institute for Community Medicine, Study of Health in Pomerania/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17487, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Möckel Franz Institute for Community Medicine, Study of Health in Pomerania/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17487, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van den Berg Neeltje Institute for Community Medicine, Study of Health in Pomerania/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17487, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hoffmann Wolfgang Institute for Community Medicine, Study of Health in Pomerania/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17487, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Völzke Henry Institute for Community Medicine, Study of Health in Pomerania/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17487, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grabe Hans Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/1(2015-01-01), 33-39 1661-8556 60:1<33 2015 60 38