Key result
Depressive illness links to diminished survival, marked disability, and increased healthcare costs.
Why the study?
Depression is common in patients with physical illness and leads to marked disability, diminished survival, and increased healthcare costs, necessitating basic understanding of its diagnosis and management by all doctors.
Depression is a common and treatable condition in medical patients that is associated with marked disability and diminished survival, including increased mortality after myocardial infarction.
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May warrant depression screening in cardiac care; leaves open whether treatment improves outcomes in prospective trials.
R.C. Peveler (2002) conducted a review in Depression. Depressive illness is a common, treatable condition that results in marked disability, diminished survival, and increased healthcare costs.
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