Major depression in individuals with chronic medical disorders: prevalence, correlates and association with health resource utilization, lost productivity and functional …

LE Egede - General hospital psychiatry, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and odds of major
depression and the incremental effect of major depression on utilization, lost productivity
and functional disability in individuals with common chronic medical disorders. METHOD:
Data on 30,801 adults from the 1999 National Health Interview Survey were analyzed. The
12-month prevalence and age/sex-adjusted odds of major depression were calculated for
adults with hypertension (HTN), diabetes mellitus (DM), coronary artery disease (CAD) …