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Figures
- Figure 1. Flow chart of recruitment process and data collection. PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9.
*Three GPs misunderstood the recruitment procedure, selectively recruiting only patients with depression (instead of every patient aged ≥65 years).
- Figure 2. GP’s knowledge of a current depression, related to Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score.
- Figure 3. Percentage frequency of consultations, grouped by Patient Health Questionnaire-9 level
Tables
- Table 1. Patient characteristics, and prevalence of moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms
Group Part of total (N’) Prevalence of PHQ-9≥10 in group Numbers answered on item Patient answers N % (N/N’) n % (n/N ) Total patient samples: 527 60 11.4% Part 1 total: 383 44 11.5% Part 1 complete sets 369 43 11.7% Part 1 GP parts missing 14 1 N/A Part 2 : 144 16 11.1% Sex Female 298 56.5% 42 14.1% (of 298) 527 Male 229 43.5% 18 7.9% (of 229) 527 Age, years 65–69 140 26.6% 18 12.9% (of 140) 527 70–74 144 27.3% 13 9.0% (of 144) 527 75–79 125 23.7% 14 11.2% (of 125) 527 80–84 75 14.2% 9 12.0% (of 75) 527 ≥85 43 8.2% 6 14.0% (of 43) 527 Marital status Married or cohabitant 337 63.9% 36 10.7% (of 337) 520 Widowed 106 20.1% 17 16.0% (of 106) 520 Divorced 49 9.3% 4 8.9% (of 49) 520 None 33 6.3% 3 9.1% (of 33) 520 Various Live near (grand)children 401 78.0% 54 13.5% (of 401) 514 Foreign native language 21 4.1% 6 28.6% (of 21) 515 Smokes 53 10.3% 16 30.2% (of 53) 513 Hypnotics 132 25.6% 25 18.9% (of 132) 516 Anxiolytics 54 10.5% 19 35.2% (of 54) 516 Home-based nursing service 33 6.4% 12 36.4% (of 33) 516 Patient reported symptoms SHC ≥20 (9 = median) 89 16.9% 59 23.2% (of 254) 526 Probable general anxiety disorder: GAD-7≥10 40 7.6% 29 72.5% (of 40) 527 N/A GPs answers (total n = 369): GP stated consultation topics N % (N/N’) n % (n/N) (N’) Routine control 134 36.6% 8 6.0% (of 134) 369 Somatic problem 214 58.0% 24 11.2% (of 214) 369 Pain problem 61 16.5% 10 16.4% (of 61) 369 Mental health problem 34 9.2% 15 44.1% (of 34) 369 Social or relational problem 18 4.9% 7 38.9% (of 18) 369 Sleep problem 18 4.9% 5 27.8% (of 18) 369 Consultation frequency Frequent patient (≥ x5/year) 163 46.4% 28 17.2% (of 163) 351 Occasionally (2–4 x/year) 140 39.9% 7 5.0% (of 140) 351 Seldom (0–1 x/year) 48 13.7% 4 8.3% (of 48) 351 GAD-7 = General Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale. PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9. SHC = subjective health complaints.
Missing data: 7 patients did not answer demographic questions, but did complete the PHQ-9 and had completed GP forms. These were, therefore, included in analysis.
Sample 1+2: Sample 1: Sample 2: n % n % n % Total responders without GP part 527 383 144 Sex Female 298 56.5% 230 60.1% 68 47.2% Male 229 43.5% 153 39.9% 76 52.8% Age, years 65–69 140 26.6% 103 26.9% 37 25.7% 70–74 144 27.3% 107 27.9% 37 25.7% 75–79 125 23.7% 83 21.7% 42 29.2% 80–84 75 14.2% 59 15.4% 16 11.1% ≥85 43 8.2% 31 8.1% 12 8.3% Depressive (PHQ-9) level None (<5) 341 64.7% 248 64.8% 93 64.6% Mild (5–9) 126 23.9% 91 23.8% 35 24.3% Moderate (10–19) 53 10.1% 39 10.2% 14 9.7% Severe (20–29) 7 1.3% 5 1.3% 2 1.4% Mean values Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean age 74.50 ±6.6 years 74.54 ±6.6 years 74.48 ±6.7 years Mean SHC score 11.15 ±8.95 11.26 ±9.07 10.92 ±8.65 Mean PHQ-9 score 4.36 ±4.44 4.30 ±4.39 4.55 ±4.59 Mean GAD-7 score 2.87 ±3.64 2.71 ±3.37 3.28 ±4.27 GAD-7 = General Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale. PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9. SHC = subjective health complaints.
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