Table 1. Characteristics of Screen-Positive Patients and Patients Also Detected by Clinicians as Having Depression.
| Characteristic | Patients, No. (%)a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total screen positive (n = 33 694) | Screen positive and detected by clinician to have depression (n = 15 155) | ||||
| Total | Follow-up within 84 d | Follow-up within 180 d | Minimally appropriate treatment | ||
| Age, mean (SD), y | 56.31 (17.33) | 51.56 (17.00) | 47.95 (16.05) | 48.66 (16.30) | 50.38 (16.71) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 30 577 (91) | 13 308 (88) | 4266 (87) | 6688 (87) | 10 208 (87) |
| Female | 3117 (9) | 1847 (12) | 658 (13) | 988 (13) | 1447 (12) |
| Race and ethnicity | |||||
| Black | 4677 (14) | 2340 (15) | 871 (18) | 1311 (17) | 1818 (16) |
| Hispanic | 6785 (20) | 3277 (22) | 1083 (22) | 1698 (22) | 2557 (22) |
| White | 16 900 (50) | 7090 (47) | 2176 (44) | 3421 (45) | 5435 (47) |
| Otherb | 1422 (4) | 713 (5) | 221 (4) | 360 (5) | 543 (5) |
| Unknown or missing | 3910 (12) | 1735 (11) | 573 (12) | 886 (12) | 1332 (11) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 14 194 (42) | 6053 (40) | 1785 (36) | 2874 (37) | 4703 (40) |
| Single or previously married | 19 500 (58) | 9102 (60) | 3139 (64) | 4802 (63) | 6982 (60) |
| Means test | |||||
| Exempt | 3381 (10) | 3550 (23) | 1246 (25) | 1836 (24) | 2664 (23) |
| Nonexempt | 3381 (10) | 1521 (10) | 481 (10) | 783 (10) | 1160 (10) |
| Any copayment required | 3735 (11) | 1572 (10) | 535 (11) | 834 (11) | 1202 (10) |
| Missing | 18 088 (54) | 8512 (56) | 2662 (54) | 4223 (55) | 6659 (57) |
| Service-connected disability | |||||
| 0% | 892 (3) | 384 (3) | 123 (3) | 184 (2) | 288 (2) |
| 1%-50% | 6936 (21) | 3180 (21) | 1087 (22) | 1668 (22) | 2464 (21) |
| 51%-100% | 13 238 (39) | 6254 (41) | 1776 (36) | 2969 (39) | 4918 (42) |
| Missing | 12 628 (37) | 5337 (35) | 1938 (39) | 2855 (37) | 4015 (34) |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index score | |||||
| 0 | 17912 (53) | 9049 (57) | 2350 (66) | 4908 (64) | 7156 (61) |
| 1 | 7115 (21) | 2949 (19) | 893 (18) | 1455 (19) | 2249 (19) |
| ≥2 | 8667 (26) | 3157 (21) | 781 (16) | 1313 (17) | 2280 (20) |
| Mental health or substance use disorder | |||||
| Anxiety disorder | 8162 (24) | 5807 (38) | 2562 (52) | 3750 (49) | 4838 (41) |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder | 11 330 (34) | 7109 (47) | 2772 (56) | 4321 (56) | 6006 (51) |
| Serious mental illness | 1199 (4) | 697 (5) | 348 (7) | 507 (7) | 613 (5) |
| Alcohol use disorder | 3304 (10) | 2056 (14) | 974 (20) | 1369 (18) | 1730 (15) |
| Substance use disorder | 1646 (5) | 1075 (7) | 564 (11) | 765 (10) | 927 (8) |
| Clinic characteristics | |||||
| Rural | 2611 (8) | 911 (6) | 184 | 300 | 649 |
| Small | 8948 (27) | 3592 (24) | 910 | 1615 | 2781 |
| Community based | 21 468 (64) | 9618 (63) | 13 231 | 12 224 | 10 877 |
a
Numbers represent unique patients. If patients were counted in multiple fiscal years, we reported characteristics associated with the most recent fiscal year (eg, latest age).
b
Other includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.