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7737079

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Little is known about the effects of depression on adherence to medical treatment regimens in older patients with chronic medical illnesses. Poor adherence may explain the increased risk of medical morbidity and mortality found in depressed medical patients. Ten of 55 patients over the age of 64 with coronary artery disease met the criteria for major depression from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed., rev.; American Psychiatric Association, 1987). All patients were prescribed a twice-per-day regimen of low dose aspirin to reduce their risk for myocardial infarction. Medication adherence was assessed for 3 weeks by an unobtrusive electronic monitoring device. Depressed patients adhered to the regimen on 45% of days, but nondepressed patients, on 69% (p < .02). Thus, major depression is associated with poor adherence to a regimen of prophylactic aspirin after the diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0278-6133
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
88-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Major depression and medication adherence in elderly patients with coronary artery disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 633110, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.