The diagnosis of depression and its treatment in Canadian primary care practices: an epidemiological study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A diagnosis of depression is common in primary care practices, but data are lacking on the prevalence in Canadian practices. We describe the prevalence of the diagnosis among men and women, patient characteristics and drug treatment in patients diagnosed with depression in the primary care setting in Canada.

Methods

Using electronic medical record data from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network, we examined whether the prevalence of a depression diagnosis varied by patient characteristics, the number of chronic conditions and the presence of the following chronic conditions: hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoarthritis, dementia, epilepsy and parkinsonism. We used regression models to examine whether patient chara

SUBMITTER: Wong ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4251512 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature