Determinants of perceived health after suffer from depression through the Spanish health survey 2017
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https://doi.org/10.54495/Rev.Cientifica.v29i1.47Keywords:
health survey, depression, homeopathy, antidepressantsAbstract
The study about the effect of medicine on perceived health is wide and necessary. In mental health issues, perceived health could act as a determinant. In case of depression, a better perceived health could help in the medical treatment. In this article, some relevant variables from the Spanish health survey 2017 have been analyzed, with the aim of contrasting the effect of some essential variables on the perceived health such as the use of homeopathy and antidepressants, nationality, age, or education level.
This article shows positive and significative results for using both, homeopathy and antidepressants, in order to get a good or a very good perceived health. Both treatments
are useful, but homeopathy has the advantage of having no side effects. Moreover, for the very bad perceived health status, the use of homeopathy does not get a worse perceived health.
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