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1.Background: Major depression is a highly prevalent pathology that is currently the second most common cause of disease-induced disability in our society. The onset and continuation of depression may be related to a wide variety of biological and psychosocial factors, many of which are linked to different lifestyle aspects. Procrastination is the irrational and voluntary delaying of necessary tasks and it produces serious consequences for mental health and well-being.Our objective was to analyze the relationship of procrastination with depression and lifestyles.

2.Methods: Cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 140 patients with depression recruited in primary health centers. The variables are: procrastination measured using the Irrational Procrastination Scale; Severity of depression measured using Beck’s Depression Inventory; lifestyles: Physical activity measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form; adherence to the Mediterranean Diet measured using the 14-item Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener and Quality and patterns of sleep measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Correlations and multiple regression analysis were performed.

3.Results: Correlations analysis show that the more procrastination, more depression (-0.333, p = 0.000), less minutes walked (-0.218, p = 0.01), worse sleep quality (0.192, p = 0.023), less adherence to the Mediterranean diet (-0.299 p = 0.000), less age (-0.341, p = 0.000). Taking depression as a dependent variable, procrastination (0.329) and bad sleep quality (0.500) were shown to be predicting coefficients (p = 0.000). The interactions were not significant.

4.Conclusions: These results support the relationship among depression, procrastination and lifestyle.