ArticlePsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2017
Depression Treatment Among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries With Incident Cases of Cancer and Newly Diagnosed Depression.
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- Antidepressant use pattern and disparities among cancer patients in the United States.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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- Association between depression and healthcare expenditures among elderly cancer patients.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- Mental Health Issues in Racial and Ethnic Minority Elderly.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
- Patterns and predictors of self-reported clinical diagnosis and treatment for depression in prostate cancer survivors.Cancer medicine · 2019Article
- Effects of Transitioning to Medicare Part D on Access to Drugs for Medical Conditions among Dual Enrollees with Cancer.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveDepression treatment can improve the health outcomes of elderly cancer survivors. There is a paucity of studies on the extent to which depression is treated among elderly cancer survivors. Therefore, this study estimated the rates of depression treatment among elderly cancer survivors and identified the factors affecting depression treatment.
methodsA retrospective cohort study design was adopted, and data were obtained from the linked Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) and Medicare database. Elderly individuals (≥ 66 years) with incident cases of breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer and newly diagnosed depression (N=1,673) were followed for six months after the depression diagnosis to identify depression treatment (antidepressants only, psychotherapy only, combined treatment with both antidepressants and psychotherapy, and no depression treatment). Chi-square tests and multinomial logistic regressions were used to analyze the factors associated with depression treatment.
resultsIn this study population, 46% received antidepressants only, 27% received no treatment, 18% received combined therapy, and 9% received psychotherapy only. Factors associated with depression treatment included anxiety, the percentage of psychologists at the county level, the number of visits to primary care physicians, ongoing cancer treatment, the presence of other chronic conditions, and race-ethnicity.
conclusionsThe study findings indicate that two-thirds of cancer survivors received depression treatment in the first six months after depression diagnosis. Our study findings indicate that racial-ethnic disparities in depression treatment persist and competing demands for cancer treatment may take priority over depression care. Also, the availability of psychologists may influence receipt of psychotherapy among cancer survivors.
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