No longer undertreated? Depression diagnosis and antidepressant therapy in elderly long-stay nursing home residents, 1999 to 2007.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the evolution of depression identification and use of antidepressants in elderly long-stay nursing home residents from 1999 through 2007 and the associated sociodemographic and facility characteristics.

Design

Annual cross-sectional analysis of merged resident assessment data from the Minimum Data Set (MDS) and facility characteristics from the Online Survey Certification and Reporting data.

Setting

Nursing homes in eight states (5,445 facilities).

Participants

Long-stay nursing home residents aged 65 and older (2,564,687 assessments).

Measurements

Physician-documented depression diagnoses recorded in the MDS were used to identify residents with depression; antidepressant use was measured using MDS information about residents' recei

SUBMITTER: Gaboda D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3101711 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature