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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2013 May 24;22(5):519–522. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.078

Table 1.

Percentage of Antidepressant Use in Home Healthcare Patients 65+ years by Race and Depression Screening Status (PHQ-2 ≥ 2) with Odds Ratios.

Race By Depression Status N % Antidepressant Use Chi- square, df p-value Unadjusted Odds Ratio, 95% Confidence Interval Adjusted Odds Ratio*, 95% Confidence Interval
Overall (N=3711) 64.66, 2 <0.01
Caucasian 206/1089 18.92 1.00 1.00
African American 113/1403 8.05 0.38 (0.29, 0.48) 0.33 (0.25,0.43)
Hispanic 178/1219 14.60 0.73 (0.59, 0.91) 0.56 (0.43, 0.73)
PHQ-2 ≥ 2 (N=410) 3.20, 2 0.20
Caucasian 46/146 31.51 1.00 1.00
African American 29/130 22.31 0.62 (0.36, 1.07) 0.42 (0.22, 0.79)
Hispanic 40/134 29.85 0.93 (0.57, 1.54) 0.49 (0.26, 0.93)
PHQ-2 < 2 (N=3328) 58.99, 2 <0.01
Caucasian 160/943 16.97 1.00 1.00
African American 84/1273 6.06 0.35 (0.26, 0.46) 0.32 (0.23, 0.43)
Hispanic 138/1085 12.72 0.71 (0.56, 0.91) 0.58 (0.43, 0.79)
*

Adjusted for age, gender, Medicaid eligibility, living alone, CDS, and depression diagnosis