ArticleBMJ open2020
Depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease: a population-based study of older adults in rural Burkina Faso.
Article in BMJ open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and risk factors of depression in patients with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- The Frequency ofThe application of clinical genetics · 2025Article
- Interaction effects between sleep-related disorders and depression on hypertension among adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Relationship satisfaction and metabolic health parameters: a cross-sectional study in Burkinabe population of older adults.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Non-communicable diseases and their impact on depression, anxiety, and stress among the geriatric population residing in old age homes in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Article
- Depressive symptoms and their association with age, chronic conditions and health status among middle-aged and elderly people in peri-urban Tanzania.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Article
- Mental health and life-course shocks in a low-income country: Evidence from Malawi.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Aging and hypertension among the global poor-Panel data evidence from Malawi.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Older persons experiences of healthcare in rural Burkina Faso: Results of a cross sectional household survey.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Pain Is Widespread and Predicts Poor Mental Health Among Older Adults in Rural Malawi.Innovation in aging · 2022Article
- Impairment in Activities of Daily Living and Unmet Need for Care Among Older Adults: A Population-Based Study From Burkina Faso.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
12 authors at 8 institutions in 6 countries.
Funding
Abstract
objectivesTo contribute to the current understanding of depressive disorders in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries by examining the association of depressive symptoms with cardiovascular and cardiometabolic conditions in a population-based study of middle-aged and older adults in rural Burkina Faso.
settingThis study was conducted in the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System in north-western Burkina Faso, in a mixed rural and small-town environment. The data were obtained between May and July 2018.
participantsConsenting adults over 40 years of age (n=3026). PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire depression module (PHQ-9). Chronic cardiometabolic conditions were assessed via a lipid panel and glycated haemoglobin measures from serum, alongside anthropometry and blood pressure measurements and a self-reported questionnaire. Multivariable linear regression was used to test the relationship between depressive symptoms and cardiovascular/cardiometabolic conditions after controlling for sociodemographic factors.
resultsDepressive symptoms were not associated with the metabolic syndrome (standardised beta coefficient=0.00 (95% CI -0.04 to 0.03)), hypertension (beta=0.01 (95% CI -0.02 to 0.05)), diabetes mellitus (beta=0.00 (95% CI -0.04 to 0.04)) and past diagnosis of elevated blood pressure or blood sugar. Prior stroke diagnosis (beta=0.04 (95% CI 0.01 to 0.07)) or heart disease (beta=0.08 (95% CI 0.05 to 0.11)) was positively associated with the standardised PHQ-9 score as were self-reported stroke symptoms.
conclusionObjectively measured cardiometabolic conditions had no significant association with depressive symptoms in an older, poor, rural SSA population, in contrast to observations in high income countries. However, consequences of cardiovascular disease such as stroke and heart attack were associated with depressive symptoms in older adults in Burkina Faso.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.