Utilization of psychiatric care and antidepressants among people with different severity of depression: a population-based cohort study in Stockholm, Sweden.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:To identify how severity of depression predicts future utilization of psychiatric care and antidepressants. METHODS:Data derived from a longitudinal population-based study in Stockholm, Sweden, include 10443 participants aged 20-64 years. Depression was assessed by Major Depression Inventory and divided into subsyndromal, mild, moderate and severe depression. Outcomes were the first time of hospitalization, specialized outpatient care and prescribed drugs obtained from national register records. The association between severity of depression and outcomes was tested by Cox regression analysis, after adjusting for gender, psychiatric treatment history and socio-environmental factors. RESULTS:The cumulative incidences of hospitalizations, outpatient care and antidepressants were 4.0,

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5959996 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature