Co-occurrence of depression and chronic diseases

FRYSKA, Zuzanna, KUCIŃSKI, Jakub, KULIK, Kacper, MATUSZ, Krystian, BURCZYK, Rafał, GÓRNA, Natalie, MAZUREK, Ewelina & WOŁEJKO, Adam. Co-occurrence of depression and chronic diseases. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2023;13(4):226-233. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2023.13.04.026 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/42430 https://zenodo.org/record/7675796 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2023; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.02.2023. Revised: 22.02.2023. Accepted: 25.02.2023. Co-occurrence of depression and chronic diseases Zuzanna Fryska Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny in Poznań, Poznan University of Medical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8055-2897 Jakub Kuciński Centralny Szpital Kliniczny in Warsaw, Medical University of Warsaw https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1331-8339 Kacper Kulik Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Stefana Kardynała Wyszyńskiego SPZOZ in Lublin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3829-5740 Krystian Matusz Zakład Anatomii Prawidłowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego in Poznań https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2668-1556 Rafał Burczyk Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1650-1534 Natalie Górna Klinika Ortodoncji i Dysfunkcji Narządu Żucia, Poznan University of Medical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8588-3241 Ewelina Mazurek Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej in Lubartów https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5687-313X Adam Wołejko Wielospecjalistyczny Szpital Miejski im. Józefa Strusia z Zakładem Opiekuńczo Leczniczym in Poznań https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1815-8370 Keywords: depression, chronic disease, coexistence, public health Abstract INTRODUCTION Depression is a common and serious mood disorder mainly manifested by sadness, anhedonia, lack of hope and interest in activities once enjoyed. According to WHO depression is a leading cause of disability and inability to work worldwide. Chronic disease is every condition lasting more than 1 year and requiring medical attention. The aim of this article is to show challenges of depression and chronic diseases coexistence. DISCUSSION Depression might be a factor causing difficulties in diagnosing chronic diseases as patients are less likely to cooperate. On the other it might lead to worse compliance and higher risk of chronic diseases’ development. Studies show depression coexisting with chronic illnesses is a valid problem for public health and aggravates the course and effects of treatment of those conditions. Treating an underlying disease is as important as treating depression itself as it might lead to reduction in symptoms of depression. Moreover doctors should choose drugs having regard to depression as well as lingering conditions. SUMMARY Depression still seems to be diminished and ignored in patients with chronic illnesses even though it is proved to have a destructive influence on the health of patients. It is of high importance to raise an awareness of doctors on that subject and its scale. There are plenty of treatment methods for depression in case of chronic diseases co-occurence which gives hope for improving a quality of life of patients and achieving better effects of therapy of an underlying disease