April 30, 2007Psychosomatic Medicine

Anxiety, Depression, and Cause-Specific Mortality: The HUNT Study

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Why the study?

Does anxiety or depression increase cause-specific mortality in a general population cohort?

Population

61,349 participants from a population-based health study

Comparison

Depression and anxiety vs Absence of depression/anxiety

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

mean 4.4 years

Authors

AMArnstein MykletunNorwegian Institute of Public Health OBOttar BjerkesetNorwegian University of Science and Technology MDMichael DeweyKing's College London

Discussion

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Implication

Depression may warrant clinical attention as a mortality marker; extends observational links but leaves anxiety effects and causality open.

Structured PICO

Does anxiety or depression increase cause-specific mortality in a general population cohort?

Population

61,349 participants from a population-based health study

Intervention

Depression and anxiety (assessed via Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale)

Comparator

Absence of depression/anxiety

Outcome

Cause-specific mortality (registered with ICD-10)hard clinical

Depression is a broad risk factor for all major disease-related causes of death, including but not limited to cardiovascular mortality.

Cite This Study

Mykletun et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fc05403a0f4cc134c8ef11 https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0b013e31803cb862

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Implication

Depression may warrant clinical attention as a mortality marker; extends observational links but leaves anxiety effects and causality open.

Anxiety, Depression, and Cause-Specific Mortality: The HUNT Study

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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Anxiety, Depression, and Cause-Specific Mortality: The HUNT Study

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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