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Table 2 Dep Tx Patterns among Stroke Survivors with Co-occurring Depression Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2002–2012)

From: Prevalence, patterns and predictors of depression treatment among community-dwelling older adults with stroke in the United States: a cross sectional study

 

Wt.%

Any form of Dep Tx

87.6

SSRI

60.9

SNRI

15.2

TCA

9.8

PPAZ

5.2

Tetra Cyc

4.0

Misc ADP

12.1

  1. Based on 370 older adults (age ≥ 50 years) with self-reported stroke and depression who were alive during the calendar year (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012)
  2. Abbreviations - Dep Tx Depression Treatment, SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, SNRI Serotonin–Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor, TCA Tricyclic Antidepressants, PPAZ Phenylpiperazine Antidepressants, Tetra Cyc Tetracyclic Antidepressants, Misc ADP Miscellaneous Antidepressants, Wt% Weighted percentage (nationally representative)
  3. Total number of individual antidepressant classes may not add up to 100% due to intra-class polypharmacy
  4. Denominator for Wt.% calculations for individual types of antidepressant classes was the total analytic sample (Unweighted N = 370)
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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