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Extended network analysis: from psychopathology to chronic illness.
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ABSTRACT: Background
Understanding complex associations between psychopathology and chronic illness is instrumental in facilitating both research and treatment progress. The current study is the first and only network-based study to provide such an encompassing view of unique associations between a multitude of mental and physical health-related domains.Methods
The current analyses were based on the Singapore Mental Health Study, a cross-sectional study of adult Singapore residents. The study sample consisted of 6616 respondents, of which 49.8% were male and 50.2% female. A network structure was constructed to examine associations between psychopathology, alcohol use, gambling, major chronic conditions, and functioning.Results
The network structure identified what we have labeled a Cartesian graph: a network visibly split into a psychopathological domain and a physical health domain. The borders between these domains were fuzzy and bridged by various cross-domain associations, with functioning items playing an important role in bridging chronic conditions to psychopathology.Conclusions
Current results deliver a comprehensive overview of the complex relation between psychopathology, functioning, and chronic illness, highlighting potential pathways to comorbidity.
SUBMITTER: Isvoranu AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7913444 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Extended network analysis: from psychopathology to chronic illness.
BMC psychiatry 20210227 1
<h4>Background</h4>Understanding complex associations between psychopathology and chronic illness is instrumental in facilitating both research and treatment progress. The current study is the first and only network-based study to provide such an encompassing view of unique associations between a multitude of mental and physical health-related domains.<h4>Methods</h4>The current analyses were based on the Singapore Mental Health Study, a cross-sectional study of adult Singapore residents. The st ...[more]
