Antidepressant prescribing inequalities in people with comorbid depression and type 2 diabetes: A UK primary care electronic health record study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To compare the likelihood of being prescribed an antidepressant in depressed individuals with and without type 2 diabetes.

Methods

We performed a matched cohort study using primary care record data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. We used multivariable logistic regression to compare antidepressant prescribing during the first five years of starting oral antidiabetic medication to a comparison group without type 2 diabetes, matched based on GP practice, age and sex. We performed subgroup analyses stratified by sex, age and ethnicity.

Results

People with type 2 diabetes and depression were 75% less likely to be prescribed an antidepressant compared to people with depression alone (odds ratio (OR) 0.25, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.25 to 0.26). Thi

SUBMITTER: Ng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11537397 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature