Table 2 Therapeutic consequences of patient-related factors present in primary care patients with chronic depression (in percent)
From: German general practitioners’ self-reported management of patients with chronic depression
patient related-factor | relevant for clinical decision making (yes) | Therapeutic consequences, when the patient-related factor is perceived to be relevant (multiple selections possible) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Restriction in medication | Long-term pharmaco-therapy | Need for psycho-therapy | Need for combination therapy | Urgent referral to specialist | ||
advanced age | 80.2 | 51.7 | 39.7 | 3.4 | 14.4 | 12.1 |
severe physical comorbidity | 90.7 | 65.1 | 12.5 | 15.1 | 20.3 | 39.6 |
cormorbid anxiety disorder | 92.7 | 1.0 | 21.7 | 32.3 | 66.2 | 40.4 |
comorbid substance abuse | 95.4 | 29.1 | 8.7 | 19.4 | 24.8 | 83.5 |