Kautiainen, Hannu

Kiviranta, Ilkka

Koponen, Hannu

Ohvanainen, Eija

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Depression is a common and disabling disorder which profoundly affects the quality of

life of sufferers. However, few studies have been conducted in young or middle-aged

males, although depression and cardiometabolic disorders are considered to be

increasingly common in middle-aged males.

In our study, three cohorts, each of 1000 males were randomly drawn from the Finnish

Population Information System. Approximately one-third (30.5%) participated.

Self-rated depressive symptoms were assessed using the 21-item Beck’s Depression

Inventory (BDI). Physical activity was assessed using the International Physical

Activity Questionnaire, which comprises three components: frequency of exercise (times

per week), intensity of exercise (the nature of the activity) and time devoted to

exercise (hours and minutes per day). The different components of quality of life were

scrutinized with the RAND 36-item Health Survey (RAND-36).

We observed that when assessing the participants, with or without increased depressive

symptoms, significant differences were detected for employment and economic status,

level of physical activity, the use of alcohol and working ability. Significant

reductions in the RAND-36 physical symptoms scores associated with increased

depressive symptoms were detected only for the oldest cohort, whereas mental symptom

scores were significantly lower in all cohorts for those participants who had

increased depressive symptoms.

Our data suggest that even moderately increased depressive symptoms significantly

affected the mental components of quality of life in all three cohorts aged 30, 35 and

40, and that they affected the physical components significantly in the oldest cohort

(males aged 40)

Eija Ohvanainen

Hannu Kautiainen

Ilkka Kiviranta

Hannu Koponen

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