Antidepressant Prescribing in Primary Care to Older Adults Without Major Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study compared distress levels among two groups of older adults who had been newly prescribed an antidepressant by their primary care physician, those with major depressive disorder (MDD) and those without MDD.

Methods

This analysis used a convenience sample of participants (N=231) who had been newly prescribed an antidepressant in a randomized controlled trial of a program to improve antidepressant adherence and depression outcomes among older adults (≥55). After determining the proportion of participants with and without MDD (using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV), the authors compared groups on demographic, clinical, and psychosocial characteristics, including the 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey physical and mental component summary scores (PCS

SUBMITTER: Maust DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5411328 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature