Depression and Anxiety Screens as Simultaneous Predictors of 10-Year Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus in Older Adults in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine depression and anxiety screens and their individual items as simultaneous predictors of incident diabetes mellitus.

Design

Ten-year follow-up study of individuals screened for the Improving Mood-Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment (IMPACT) trial.

Setting

Two large urban primary care clinics in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Participants

Diverse sample (53% African American, 80% of lower socioeconomic status) of 2,156 older adults initially free of diabetes mellitus.

Measurements

Depression and anxiety screens were completed during routine primary care visits between 1999 and 2001. Incident diabetes mellitus data were obtained from an electronic medical record system and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services analytical files

SUBMITTER: Khambaty T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5311025 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature