Diseases associated with depression: Big data analysis of Indonesia Social Security Agency for Health Sample Data of 2015-2024

Abstract

Depression remains a significant burden in health, its reaching 4.12% of people globally. In Indonesia 2023 reports that 1.4% of people aged 15 years old and above in the population suffers from depression, with only 12.7% being properly medicated. This study aims to find the epidemiological pattern of depression and its association with other diseases based on age and sex. This is a quantitative cross-sectional method and utilizing the Indonesia Social Security Agency for Health (BPJS Kesehatan) Sample Data of 2015-2024. We analyzed 229,684 cases of depression. The variables in this study are depression and other diseases. Univariate analysis was implemented to provide the statistical descriptive of the data, while bivariate analysis was done using chi square and Fisher’s Exact Test in order to find diseases associated with depression. The results of the study show that the highest number of depression cases are found in the age group of 20-29 years old, with the number of cases being higher in females compared to male. Significant relationships of diseases associated with depression are found for anxiety disorder, dyspepsia, abdominal pain, refraction, fever, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hypertension, pulp, dorsalgia, gastritis, headache syndrome, headache, pneumonia, Hypertensive heart disease, and urinary tract infection.