Why the study?
Does depression increase all-cause and cause-specific mortality in primary care patients with type 2 diabetes?
Population
4,184 primary care patients with type 2 diabetes at Group Health Cooperative in Washington state.
Comparison
Major or minor depression. vs No depression.
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Supports depression assessment in diabetes care; hypothesis-generating for whether treatment reduces non-CVD mortality.
Does depression increase all-cause and cause-specific mortality in primary care patients with type 2 diabetes?
In patients with type 2 diabetes, major depression is independently associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality, particularly driven by non-cardiovascular, non-cancer deaths.
Lin et al. (2009) studied this question.
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