The point prevalence of depression and associated sociodemographic correlates in the general population of Latvia

abstract Aim: To determine the point prevalence of depression in the general Latvian population and to explore theassociated sociodemographic characteristics.Methods: The study was part of the cross-sectional survey on the general population on substance use inLatvia in 2011. It consisted of face-to-face interviews of a randomised stratified multi-stage probabilitysample. In total, 4493 persons were included, aged between 15 and 64. To assess depression, theparticipants were interviewed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9; a score of Z10 was de fined asindicating the presence of a depressive episode. Socio-demographic, subjective health status and alcoholusewere assessedusing the structuredinterviews.Logistic regressionmodelswere applied to analyzedata.Results: The point prevalence of depression was 6.7%. The odds of having depression were higher infemales, in urban dwellers (though not in the capital city, Riga), inpersons with non-Latvian ethnicity, withalcohol dependence, with poor subjective health status and having a dissatisfaction with life. Limitations.Cross-sectional nature of the sampling and the symptom scale used for the assessment of depression.Conclusions: The point prevalence of depression in Latvia is within the European average. Certain socio-demographic and health related factors are associated with higher risk of morbidity with depression.& 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.