Network analysis of depressive symptomatology in underweight and obese adults

• Autores: Ramos Vera, Cristian, Serpa Barrientos, Antonio, Vallejos Saldarriaga, José Francisco, Saintila, Jacksaint
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Cesar Vallejo
• Repositorio: UCV-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.ucv.edu.pe:20.500.12692/104654
• Enlace del recurso: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/21501319221096917; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12692/104654; https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319221096917
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Depresión mental; Obesidad; Obesidad mórbida; Peso corporal; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.00

Background: Depressive symptoms can affect people’s quality of life and social environment. In addition, in severe situations, they can lead to suicidal behaviors. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the differences in depressive symptoms in underweight and obese Peruvian adults. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out based on secondary data obtained from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI), Lima, Peru. A sample of 10053 participants was considered, of which 55.96% were women. Two Gaussian plot models were estimated and the levels of depressive symptomatology were compared between the 2 groups (adults with underweight and obese). Results: A total of 1510 (15.02%) were underweight adults and 8543 (84.98%) were obese adults. There were differences in the reporting of depressive symptoms in the underweight group; the most central items were “Depressed mood” (PH2), “Tiredness/ low energy” (PH4), and “Psychomotor difficulties” (PH8). Conclusion: This study provides new evidence on the dynamic relationship between depressive symptoms according to the body mass index categories (underweight and obese) assessed.