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. 2019 Mar 12;11:233–243. doi: 10.2147/CEOR.S179901

Table 2.

Effect of diagnosed and undiagnosed depression on HRQoL, work productivity loss, activity impairment, health care resource utilization, and costs

Parameters Outcomes stratified – unadjusted Outcomes stratified – adjusted
Diagnosed depression n=2,843 Undiagnosed depression n=6,561 Control n=74,100 P-value Diagnosed depression n=2,843 Undiagnosed depression n=2,717 Control n=2,801 P-value
MCS (mean ± SD) 32.5±12.3 33.9±9.5 49.6±8.0 <0.001 32.5±0.2 33.8±0.1 47.9±0.1 <0.001
PCS (mean ± SD) 49.7±7.9 50.5±8.1 53.7±5.9 <0.001 49.7±0.2 50.2±0.1 53.5±0.1 <0.001
Health state utility score (mean ± SD) 0.61±0.11 0.62±0.10 0.77±0.11 <0.001 0.61±0.00 0.62±0.00 0.76±0.00 <0.001
Absenteeism (mean ± SD [count])a 14.1±27.9 (1,621) 7.1±18.8 (3,709) 2.3±11.0 (41,735) <0.001 14.1±0.7 (1,621) 7.1±0.4 (1,554) 2.7±0.1 (1,608) <0.001
Presenteeism (mean ± SD [count])a 42.7±28.5 (1,596) 38.5±26.7 (3,824) 17.7±22.7 (42,763) <0.001 42.7±0.7 (1,596) 39.1±0.5 (1,607) 19.4±0.2 (1,655) <0.001
Overall work productivity impairment (mean ± SD [count])a 48.8±31.5 (1,621) 41.0±28.7 (3,709) 19.0±24.3 (41,735) <0.001 48.8±0.8 (1,621) 42.3±0.5 (1,554) 20.9±0.2 (1,608) <0.001
Activity impairment (mean ± SD) 49.1±29.0 43.0±27.7 19.2±23.4 <0.001 49.1±0.5 43.8±0.4 21.5±0.2 <0.001
Health care provider visits in past 6 months (mean ± SD) 13.5±16.8 5.3±9.3 4.1±7.2 <0.001 13.5±0.3 6.0±0.2 3.8±0.1 <0.001
Hospitalizations in the past 6 months (mean ± SD) 1.6±9.5 0.9±6.7 0.4±3.8 <0.001 1.6±0.2 1.1±0.1 0.5±0.0 <0.001
ER visits in the past 6 months (mean ± SD) 0.42±2.7 0.21±1.8 0.08±0.9 <0.001 0.42±0.05 0.24±0.03 0.14±0.04 <0.001
APP indirect costs (¥) (mean ± SD [count])a 2,271,496± 1,602,981 (1,621) 1,812,940± 1,368,645 (3,709) 860,484± 1,154,932 (41,735) <0.001 2,271,496± 39,814 (1,621) 1,985,834± 29,340 (1,554) 972,291± 9,442 (1,608) <0.001
APP direct costs (¥) (mean ± SD) 2,087,418±10,744,165 1,135,445±7,626,531 560,232±4,278,669 <0.001 2,087,418±201,504 1,329,674±156,223 602,978±41,085 <0.001
APP physician costs (¥) (mean ± SD) 223,426±278,099 88,199±152,767 68,434±119,095 <0.001 223,426±5,216 98,936±2,667 62,930±1,549 <0.001
APP hospital costs (¥) (mean ± SD) 99,346±576,940 55,910±409,496 26,298±229,764 <0.001 99,346±10,820 65,733±8,390 28,733±2,143 <0.001
APP ER costs (¥) (mean ± SD) 26,090±168,790 12,909±113,993 5,277±53,965 <0.001 26,090±3,166 14,681±1,673 8,493±2,688 <0.001

Note:

a

Number of patients.

Abbreviations: APP, annual per-patient; ER, emergency room; HRQoL, health-related quality of life; MCS, Mental Component Summary; PCS, Physical Component Summary.