Depression Treatment Patterns among Elderly with Cancer
Table 2
Number and weighted percent of study sample by depression treatment. Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 2000–2005.
ALL
AD only
Psyc w/o AD
No treatment
N
Wt%
N
Wt%
N
Wt%
Sig.
493
57.7
168
19.7
204
22.6
Year
2000
75
58.9
21
18.5
29
22.6
2001
75
58.6
23
20.1
29
21.3
2002
81
46.5
39
23.8
50
29.7
2003
100
63.7
31
19.4
27
16.9
2004
89
63.7
24
15.7
34
20.6
2005
73
55.0
30
20.7
35
24.3
Gender
Female
329
56.3
130
22.4
134
21.3
Male
164
60.7
38
13.8
70
25.5
Race
White
453
58.2
151
19.9
179
22.0
Minorities
40
53.0
17
18.6
25
28.4
Age in years
65–74
171
58.9
65
21.7
60
19.4
75 and older
322
56.9
103
18.5
144
24.6
Marital status
Married
221
57.6
61
16.8
100
25.6
Widowed
210
58.3
77
21.0
83
20.7
Other
62
55.7
30
26.2
21
18.1
Community status
*
Urban
366
58.5
132
20.9
137
20.6
Rural
127
54.8
36
16.0
67
29.2
Education
*
LT HS
130
60.9
32
13.5
59
25.6
HS
185
60.5
52
17.0
71
22.5
Some college
73
50.8
35
24.7
38
24.5
College
104
54.7
49
28.2
33
17.2
Poverty status
LT 200%
254
61.2
68
16.0
105
22.8
200%
239
54.4
100
23.2
99
22.4
Prescription drug coverage
Yes
393
58.2
133
19.7
157
22.1
No
100
55.3
35
20.1
47
24.6
Health status
Excellent/very good
141
55.4
49
20.0
65
24.7
Good
154
59.7
50
19.6
59
20.8
Fair/poor
195
57.5
69
19.9
80
22.6
Functional status (ADL)
No difficulties
275
57.5
94
20.5
109
22.0
1-2 ADLs
125
53.4
49
21.0
62
25.6
3–6 ADLs
91
63.5
25
15.9
33
20.5
Smoking status
Current smoker
43
59.6
12
16.7
18
23.7
Past smoker
253
56.8
88
20.9
111
22.3
Never smoked
197
58.4
68
18.9
75
22.7
Body mass index
Und/normal
202
52.5
79
22.2
102
25.3
Overweight
177
58.6
60
18.7
71
22.7
Obese
109
64.3
28
17.3
31
18.5
Number of chronic conditions
0–2
201
54.9
67
18.7
101
26.4
Three or more
292
59.7
101
20.5
103
19.8
Note: Based on 865 person—years of elderly Medicare beneficiaries with cancer and depression using Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey 2000–2005. Asterisks represent significant group differences by depression treatment based on chi-squared tests. AD: antidepressants; Psyc w/o: psychotherapy use with or without antidepressants; Sig: significance; Wt: weighted; ADL: activity of daily living; Und: underweight; HS: high school; LT: less than.
*.01 ≤ P < .05 [Note: only a single asterisk appears in the table].
