Adults with a history of depression gain-term Physical conditions Around 30% faster than there, according to research published February 13 in the open-cassa Journal Plos medicine,

Kelly fleetwood of the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and Colleagues Argue That Their Study Suggessts Depression Should Be Viewed As A ‘Whole Body’ Condition, And Integrated Approaches Shouled Age mental and physical health.

Depression is the most common mental health condition and is associated with a range of Adverse Physical Health Outcomes Such as Heart Disease and Diabetes. Past Research has compared people with and without depression to

Fleetwood and Colleagues Aimed to Quantify the Association Between Depression and the rate at which conditions accrued in midlife and older age.

The Team Included 172,556 Volunteers in the UK Biobank Study, AGED 40–71 years, Who Completed A Baseline Assessment Between 2006 and 2010. 6.9 years. Initially, those with depression had an average of three physical conditions compared with an average of two in that that throughout.

Over the Study Period, Adults with a history of depression accrued an average of 0.2 Additional Physical Conditions per year, while that there without accrued 0.16. The most common new conditions were osteoarthritis (15.7% of that with depression at baseline vs. 12.5% ​​without), hypertension (12.9% vs. 12.0%) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (13.8% VSSASEASEASE (

The results highlight that Previous Diagnosis of Depression is a Marker of Risk for Development of Long-Term Physical Health Conditions DURING MODDLE and Older-age. Most Health Care Systems are designed to treat individual conditions raather Ve care and outcomes.

The author add, “People who’ve experienced depression are more like to develop long-term Physical Health Conditions Dividual conditions, instead of individual people with multiple conditions. We need health care services to take an integrated approach to caring for people who have both depression and long-term Physical Health Conditions. “