S. Lee|Adley Tsang|Yueqin Huang|Y. He|Zhaorui Liu|M-y Zhang|Shen Yc|Ronald C. Kessler
The epidemiology of depression in metropolitan China
Chinese University of Hong Kong
previous surveys depression china focused prevalence estimates without providing detailed epidemiological profilefacetoface household interviews conducted multistage household probability sample 2633 adults age 18 years beijing 2568 shanghai november 2001 february 2002 world health organization composite international diagnostic interview cidi used assess major depressive episode mde according diagnostic statistical manual mental disorders dsmiv criteriathe lifetime prevalence 1year prevalence estimates dsmivcidi mde 36 95 confidence interval ci 2844 18 95 ci 1224 respectively significant gender difference found estimates respondents born 1967 later elevated lifetime risk compared respondents born earlier cohorts mean age onset 303 years among reporting 1year mde 157 518 253 64 reported mild moderate severe severe symptoms respectively 48 26 32 reported suicidal ideation plans recent attempts year respectively respondents 1year mde reported mean 275 days role owing depression year interview significant comorbidity found mde mental disorders odds ratio 220 chronic physical disorders 32 227 respondents 1year mde sought treatmentthe low prevalence insignificant gender difference patterns onset course comorbidity impairment distinguish epidemiological profile mde metropolitan china countries