1. Underdiagnosed and undertreated depression among racially/ethnically diverse patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Sorkin, Dara H, Ngo-Metzger, Quyen, Billimek, John, August, Kristin J, Greenfield, Sheldon, and Kaplan, Sherrie H
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Depression: diagnosis ,epidemiology ,ethnology ,therapy ,Diabetes Mellitus ,Type 2: psychology ,Female ,Humans ,Logistic Models ,Male ,Middle Aged - Abstract
To examine racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of depressive symptoms and in provider recognition of depression among Latino, Asian, and non-Hispanic white patients with type 2 diabetes.Patients (n = 1,209) with type 2 diabetes were recruited from five university-affiliated primary care clinics for an observational study.Vietnamese American (133, 59.4%) and Mexican American (351, 50.2%) patients were more likely to report symptoms consistent with clinical depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression [CES-D] scale score ≥ 22) than non-Hispanic whites (119, 41.6%; F [2, 1206] = 8.05, P < 0.001). Despite comparable diabetes care, Vietnamese and Mexican patients with high depressive symptoms were less likely to be diagnosed and treated than non-Hispanic whites (all P values < 0.001). Minority patients who reported low levels of trust in their provider were less likely to have been diagnosed or treated for depression (adjusted odds ratio 0.65, 95% CI 0.44-0.98, P < 0.05).Innovative strategies are needed to improve recognition of depressive symptoms in minority patients.
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- 2011