Depression and Thrombosis in Elderly Adults - Epidemiology and Outcomes of Comorbidity and Treatment

ISBN-13: 9783639048087 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 136 str.

Christopher Blanchette

Opis

The objective of this book was to assess and compare elderly Medicare beneficiaries occurrence of depression and associated treatment following a thrombotic cardiovascular event (TCE) for 1) annual prevalence rates, 2) healthcare services utilization outcomes in the first twelve months following a TCE, and 3) the occurrence of recurrent TCEs or death in the first twelve months following a TCE. The exploration used elders enrolled in the 1997 to 2002 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey with a TCE. Depression was assessed by a claim within six months after the TCE. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate statistics were used to assess outcomes. Findings revealed that prevalence rates of post-TCE depression were much lower than rates reported in previous studies. Also, depression is associated with more acute healthcare services and sooner during the first twelve months following a TCE; however not associated with time to recurrent event or death. Antidepressant use has no effect on outcomes.