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. 2015 Sep 3;12:E142. doi: 10.5888/pcd12.150047

Table 1. Data on Patients (N = 1,793) Served by Los Angeles County Safety-Net Clinics, DCAT (2010–2013) and MDDP (2005–2009), Used to Train and Validate the PreDICD Prediction Model .

Parameter Patients from DCAT
Patients from MDDP
P c Patients From the Combined Data Set
Na Statisticsb Na Statisticsb Na Statisticsb
Depression symptoms
PHQ-9 (possible score: 0–27; higher = more severe depression) 1,406 6.67(6.00) 387 14.72(2.95) <.001 1,793 8.41(6.41)
PHQ-910 1,406 399 (28.38%) 387 387 (100%) <.001 1,793 786 (43.84%)
Demographics
Age, y 1,406 53.27 (9.24) 387 53.97 (8.74) .17 1,793 53.42 (9.13)
Hispanic/Latino 1,403 1,254 (89.38%) 387 372 (96.12%) <.001 1,790 1626 (90.84%)
BMI 1,385 32.73 (7.28) 383 32.90 (7.55) .69 1,768 32.77 (7.34)
Female 1,406 892 (63.44%) 387 318 (82.17%) <.001 1,793 1210 (67.48%)
Diabetes characteristics
Years with diabetes 1,379 10.27 (7.64) 385 10.32 (8.60) .92 1,764 10.28 (7.86)
Hemoglobin A1c (%) 1,344 9.24 (2.12) 374 9.03 (2.19) .10 1,71,8 9.19 (2.14)
Hemoglobin A1c tested 1,406 1,344 (95.59%) 387 374 (96.64%) .36 1,793 1718 (95.82%)
Toobert diabetes self-care (range 0–7, higher=better diabetes self-care) 1,406 4.33 (1.31) 387 3.38 (1.45) <.001 1,793 4.12 (1.40)
Total number of diabetes complications 1,406 1.27 (1.15) 387 1.45 (1.04) .004 1,793 1.31 (1.13)
On insulin 1,406 742 (52.77%) 387 107 (27.65%) <.001 1,793 849 (47.35%)
On diabetes oral medication 1,406 1,227 (87.27%) 387 321 (82.95%) .03 1,793 1548 (86.34%)
Depression history
Previous diagnosis of major depressive disorder 1,406 120 (8.53%) 387 74 (19.12%) <.001 1,793 194 (10.82%)
Other health conditions
Previous diagnosis of panic 1,406 7 (0.50%) 387 5 (1.29%) .09 1,793 12 (0.67%)
Previous diagnosis of anxiety 1,406 14 (1.00%) 387 11 (2.84%) .006 1,793 25 (1.39%)
Number of ICD-9 diagnoses in past 6 months 1,389 7.03 (4.45) 387 7.93 (3.56) <.001 1,776 7.23 (4.29)
Chronic pain 1,406 354 (25.18%) 387 126 (32.56%) .004 1,793 480 (26.77%)
Self-rated health status
1 (Poor) 1,406 223 (15.86%) 387 144 (37.21%) <.001 1,793 367 (20.47%)
2 (Fair) 633 (45.02%) 206 (53.23%) 839 (46.79%)
3 (Good) 468 (33.29%) 27 (6.98%) 495 (27.61%)
4 (Very good) 69 (4.91%) 7 (1.81%) 76 (4.24%)
5 (Excellent) 13 (0.92%) 3 (0.78%) 16 (0.89%)
Health care use
Hospitalization in past 6 months 1,406 218 (15.50%) 387 62 (16.02%) .80 1,793 280 (15.62%)
Admitted to Emergency Department in past 6 months 1,404 385 (27.42%) 387 63 (16.28%) <.001 1,791, 448 (25.01%)
Number of outpatient clinic visits in past 6 months 1,406 2.81 (3.56) 387 2.96 (2.81) .38 1,793 2.84 (3.41)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; DCAT, Diabetes–Depression Care-Management Adoption Trial; ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision; MDDP, Multifaceted Diabetes and Depression Program; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire, 9-items; PreDICD, Predicting Diabetes Patients with Comorbid Depression.

a

Number of respondents

b

Values are numbers (column percentages) for categorical variables and mean (standard deviation) for continuous variables

c

P values were calculated by using χ2 test for categorical variables and t test for continuous variables.