Associations of the Charlson comorbidity index with depression and mortality among the U.S. adults
Ying-Zhao Wang, Chun Xue, Chao Ma, An-Bang Liu · 2024
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Ying-Zhao Wang and co-authors link a simple illness count to depression and death in American adults, in a 2024 study. The Charlson index scores a person's burden of chronic diseases. Heavier burdens are suspected to drag mood down and shorten life, but the two effects are rarely examined together. The team drew on a national health survey covering 2007 to 2018, with nearly twenty-four thousand adults.
Adults were split into three groups by their index score. Depression was more common as scores rose, with each step up raising the odds by about a quarter after adjustment. Survival analysis then tracked deaths and tested the combined effect of high scores plus depression. People carrying both fared worst. The authors present the index, already routine in hospitals, as a cheap flag for patients who need mood screening too.
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| CREATOR | Ying-Zhao Wang, Chun Xue, Chao Ma, An-Bang Liu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |