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- Title
Associations between untreated depression and secondary health care utilization in patients with hypertension and/or diabetes.
- Authors
Pálinkás, Anita; Sándor, János; Papp, Magor; Kőrösi, László; Falusi, Zsófia; Pál, László; Bélteczki, Zsuzsanna; Rihmer, Zoltán; Döme, Péter
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>We determined the prevalence of untreated depression in patients with hypertension (HT) and/or diabetes (DM) and estimated the extra health care use and expenditures associated with this comorbidity in a rural Hungarian adult population. We also assessed the potential workload of systematic screening for depression in this patient group.<bold>Methods: </bold>General health check database from a primary care programme containing survey data of 2027 patients with HT and/or DM was linked to the outpatient secondary care use database of National Institute of Health Insurance Fund Management. Depression was ascertained by Beck Depression Inventory score and antidepressant drug use. The association between untreated depression and secondary healthcare utilization indicated by number of visits and expenses was evaluated by multiple logistic regression analysis controlled for socioeconomic/lifestyle factors and comorbidity. The age-, sex- and education-specific observations were used to estimate the screening workload for an average general medical practice.<bold>Results: </bold>The frequency of untreated depression was 27.08%. The untreated severe depression (7.45%) was associated with increased number of visits (OR 1.60, 95% CI 1.11-2.31) and related expenses (OR 2.20, 95% CI 1.50-3.22) in a socioeconomic status-independent manner. To identify untreated depression cases among patients with HT and/or DM, an average GP has to screen 42 subjects a month.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>It seems to be reasonable and feasible to screen for depression in patients with HT and/or DM in the primary care, in order to detect cases without treatment (which may be associated with increase of secondary care visits and expenditures) and to initiate the adequate treatment of them.
- Subjects
HUNGARY; COMORBIDITY; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL care costs; MEDICAL care use; MULTIPLE regression analysis; NATIONAL health insurance; CHILD care services; DIABETES &; psychology; HYPERTENSION &; psychology; HYPERTENSION epidemiology; HEALTH insurance statistics; OUTPATIENT medical care; ANTIDEPRESSANTS; DATABASES; MENTAL depression; DIABETES; HYPERTENSION; PRIMARY health care; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; RESEARCH funding; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; DISEASE prevalence; PATIENTS' attitudes; SECONDARY care (Medicine)
- Publication
Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2019, Vol 54, Issue 2, p255
- ISSN
0933-7954
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00127-018-1545-7