Medication Management of Anxiety and Depression by Primary Care Pediatrics Providers: A Retrospective Electronic Health Record Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe medication management of children diagnosed with anxiety and/or depression by primary care providers within a primary care network.

Study design/methods

We performed a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of electronic health record (EHR) structured data from all children seen at least twice in a 4-year observation period within a network of primary care clinics in Northern California. For children who had visit diagnoses of anxiety, depression, anxiety+depression or symptoms characteristic of these conditions, we analyzed the rates and types of medications prescribed. A logistic regression model considered patient variables for the combined sample.

Results

Of all patients 6-18 years old (N = 59,484), 4.4% (n = 2,635) had a diagn

SUBMITTER: Lester TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8970594 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature