Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Health Conditions on Current Depression.

Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0005735 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-2789 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00103853 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Community Ment Health J Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 1999- : New York, NY : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Original Publication: Lexington, Mass.

Adverse Childhood Experiences* ; Child Abuse*; Adult ; Humans ; Child ; Chronic Disease ; Emotions ; Logistic Models ; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

This study investigated the ability of three adverse childhood experience (ACE) types (household dysfunction, emotional/physical abuse, and sexual abuse) to predict current depression among adults. We also determined the contribution of ACEs to current depression after controlling for covariates and chronic illnesses. Respondents to the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (n = 20,345) were divided into depressed and not depressed groups based on Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) scores. Binary logistic regression determined the ability of ACE exposure to predict depression while controlling for effects of covariates and number of chronic illnesses. Hierarchical multiple linear regression determined the association of ACEs on depression scores after accounting for the covariate set and chronic illnesses. Sexual Abuse had the single strongest association with current depression of any ACE exposure. Exposure to three ACE types has the greatest association with current depression. ACEs accounted for about 7% of the variance in depression scores.
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Keywords: Adult Depression; Adult Mental Health Outcomes; BRFSS; Child abuse; Childhood trauma

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