IS DEPRESSION AFFECTING THE MAJORITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH?
Depression is one of the leading causes in the Public Health which is spreading worldwide in a rapid manner. Depression is often related with other chronic diseases and can worsen their associated health outcomes. On overall Health Status, studies have explored the effect of depression, alone or as a group. A study on adults was conducted by the World Health Survey (WHS) aged 18 years and older to obtain data for health, health-related outcomes, and their determinants. An algorithm, known as, Diagnostic Item Probability study was used to estimate the Prevalence values for four chronic physical diseases namely angina, arthritis, asthma, and diabetes. The Mean health scores were constructed using factor analysis where the data’s were compared across different disease states and demographic variables. Regression Modelling was used to determine the relation of the disease states and mean health scores. Participants from 60 countries, all around the world, were availabl