Is depressive symptom severity associated with poorer adherence, functional impairment, and higher costs in primary care diabetic patients?
Depression in diabetic patients is linked to worse adherence, functional impairment, and increased healthcare costs, highlighting the need for enhanced care models.
Depressive symptom severity is associated with poorer diet and medication regimen adherence, functional impairment, and higher health care costs in primary care diabetic patients. Further studies testing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of enhanced models of care of diabetic patients with depression are needed. Arch Intern Med. 2000;160:3278-3285.
Ciechanowski et al. (Mon,) studied this question.