Table 1.
Description of study sample by type of depression treatment, medicare current beneficiary survey, 2000-2005 a
| |
|
AD only |
Psych Tx (with or w/o AD) |
No Tx. |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Wt % | N | Wt % | N | Wt % | ||
|
Observation years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
2000-2001 |
70 |
42.2 |
34 |
23 |
60 |
34.7 |
| |
2001-2002 |
113 |
59.4 |
28 |
14.4 |
54 |
26.3 |
| |
2002-2003 |
104 |
48.5 |
41 |
19.9 |
69 |
31.6 |
| |
2003-2004 |
132 |
59.8 |
33 |
14.4 |
55 |
25.8 |
| |
2004-2005 |
137 |
53.3 |
45 |
18 |
80 |
28.7 |
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Female |
409 |
53.2 |
137 |
18.4 |
228 |
28.4 |
| |
Male |
147 |
53.5 |
44 |
15.5 |
90 |
30.9 |
|
Race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
White |
487 |
55.2 |
145 |
16.8 |
258 |
28.0 |
| |
African American |
24 |
39.5 |
12 |
22.5 |
23 |
37.9 |
| |
Other |
45 |
43.5 |
24 |
23.0 |
37 |
33.4 |
|
Age in years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
65-69 |
111 |
53 |
36 |
19 |
59 |
28 |
| |
70-74 |
119 |
57.4 |
36 |
17.4 |
55 |
25.1 |
| |
75-79 |
110 |
51 |
42 |
19.4 |
63 |
29.6 |
| |
80 + |
216 |
52.1 |
67 |
15.7 |
141 |
32.2 |
|
Marital status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Married |
239 |
55.8 |
68 |
16.6 |
118 |
27.6 |
| |
Other |
317 |
51.5 |
112 |
18.3 |
200 |
30.2 |
|
Metro status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Metro |
397 |
53.7 |
145 |
19.6 |
211 |
26.7 |
| |
Not Metro |
159 |
52 |
36 |
11.9 |
107 |
36.1 |
|
Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
LT High school |
176 |
52.7 |
50 |
14.1 |
121 |
33.2 |
| |
High school |
218 |
53.2 |
58 |
14.9 |
128 |
31.9 |
| |
Some college |
68 |
49.7 |
30 |
22.8 |
38 |
27.5 |
| |
College |
91 |
57.5 |
43 |
27.3 |
29 |
15.2 |
|
Poverty status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
LT 200% |
314 |
51 |
95 |
15.7 |
214 |
33.4 |
| |
GE 200% |
242 |
56.4 |
86 |
20.4 |
104 |
23.2 |
|
Prescription drug coverage |
|
|
|
|
|
||
| |
Yes |
446 |
54.2 |
146 |
17.9 |
243 |
27.9 |
| |
No |
110 |
49.4 |
35 |
16.5 |
75 |
34.1 |
|
Perceived health status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Excellent/very good |
137 |
50.4 |
53 |
20.4 |
81 |
29.2 |
| |
Good |
194 |
54.7 |
60 |
17.6 |
105 |
27.7 |
| |
Fair/poor |
221 |
53.9 |
67 |
16.1 |
129 |
30.0 |
|
Functional status (ADL) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
None |
285 |
50.8 |
95 |
18.2 |
179 |
31.1 |
| |
1-2 |
162 |
54.5 |
53 |
16.8 |
91 |
28.7 |
| |
3-6 |
106 |
58.4 |
33 |
18.1 |
47 |
23.4 |
|
Smoking status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Current |
57 |
53.2 |
17 |
18.6 |
31 |
28.2 |
| |
Past |
263 |
54.0 |
82 |
16.6 |
155 |
29.3 |
| |
Never |
235 |
52.8 |
82 |
18.8 |
128 |
28.4 |
|
BMI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Underweight/normal |
237 |
52.4 |
84 |
19.5 |
140 |
28.2 |
| |
Overweight |
178 |
52.4 |
54 |
14.9 |
111 |
32.7 |
| Obese | 137 | 55.9 | 42 | 18.6 | 64 | 25.6 | |
Note: Based on 1,055 elderly community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or older, and followed for one year during 2001 through 2005. All characteristics and depression treatment were measured in year 1.
aDue to small number of individuals who received only psychotherapy but no antidepressant treatment, we combined people having psychotherapy with and without antidepressant treatment into one group.
Wt.: Weighted. LT: Less than; GE: Greater than or equal to; Tx: Treatment; AD: Antidepressants; Psych Tx (with or w/o AD): Psychotherapy with or without antidepressants; ADL: Activities of daily living; BMI: Body Mass Index.