Open AccessThe persistence of depressive symptomatology among prepaid group practice enrollees: an exploratory study.
Author(s) -
Janet R. Hankin,
Ben Z. Locke
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.72.9.1000
Subject(s) - persistence (discontinuity) , depression (economics) , psychiatry , epidemiology , medical prescription , medicine , exploratory research , depressive symptoms , psychology , clinical psychology , cognition , geotechnical engineering , sociology , engineering , economics , pharmacology , macroeconomics , anthropology
This exploratory study examines the persistence of depressive symptomatology as measured by the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depressive Scale (CES-D). Over as 12-month period, half of the group of 309 prepaid group practice enrollees reporting depressive symptoms at the beginning of the interval also had high scores on the CES-D at the end of the interval. Sociodemographic characteristics did not predict persistence of depression. Persistence of depression was positively associated with initially reporting cognitive and affective types of depressive symptoms, the presence of physical illness, the seeking of psychiatric treatment, and the receipt of psychotropic drug prescriptions.