Demographic Comparison of DPC Enrollees and Usual Care Patients Completing 18-Month Assessments
Variable | DPC Enrollees (n=120) | Usual Care (n=65) | P Value |
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DPC = Depression in Primary Care; PHQ = Physician health Questionnaire. | |||
a Assessed using t test. | |||
b Assessed using χ2. | |||
c Available for only the subset of DPC enrollees who completed questionnaires. | |||
Mean age, y | 46.1 | 46.0 | .96a |
Female, % | 79.2 | 70.7 | .20b |
Insurance type, % | |||
Health maintenance organization | 48.7 | 48.3 | |
Fee for service | 39.3 | 40.3 | |
Medicare | 9.4 | 6.5 | |
Other (Medicaid/safety net) | 2.6 | 4.8 | .79b |
Ethnic/racial minority, % | 5.0 | 6.3 | .72b |
Self-reported conditions, % | |||
Heart disease | 7.5 | 4.6 | .42b |
Diabetes | 10.8 | 16.9 | .24b |
Asthma | 12.5 | 20.0 | .17b |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 5.0 | 6.2 | .74b |
Comorbid medical problems, % | |||
0 | 68.3 | 61.5 | |
1 | 25.8 | 29.2 | |
2 | 4.2 | 7.7 | |
3 or more | 1.7 | 1.5 | .69b |
Known recurrent (>3 episodes) or chronic depression, % | 65.8 | 76.6 | .18b |
Taking antidepressant medication before intake/baseline, % | 60.8 | 71.9 | .18b |
Mean PHQ-8 score at entry | 10.98 | 9.94 | .24a |
Self-reported lifetime history, % | (n=26) | (n=65) | |
Bipolar disorderc | 15.4 | 15.6 | .98b |
Anxiety disorderc | 30.8 | 36.4 | .61b |
Panic disorderc | 19.2 | 9.2 | .17b |