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Prevalence, associations, and adequacy of treatment of major depression in patients with cancer: a cross-sectional analysis of routinely collected clinical data

Overview of attention for article published in "The Lancet Psychiatry", August 2014
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Title
Prevalence, associations, and adequacy of treatment of major depression in patients with cancer: a cross-sectional analysis of routinely collected clinical data
Published in
"The Lancet Psychiatry", August 2014
DOI 10.1016/s2215-0366(14)70313-x
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Jane Walker, Christian Holm Hansen, Paul Martin, Stefan Symeonides, Ravi Ramessur, Gordon Murray, Michael Sharpe

Abstract

Major depression is an important complication of cancer. However, reliable data are lacking for the prevalence of depression in patients with cancer in different primary sites, the association of depression with demographic and clinical variables within cancer groupings, and the proportion of depressed patients with cancer receiving potentially effective treatment for depression. We investigated these questions with data from a large representative clinical sample. We analysed data from patients with breast, lung, colorectal, genitourinary, or gynaecological cancer who had participated in routine screening for depression in cancer clinics in Scotland, UK between May 12, 2008, and Aug 24, 2011. Depression screening was done in two stages (first, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; then, major depression section of the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition). Data for depression status were linked with demographic and clinical data obtained from the Scottish National Cancer Registry. We analysed data for 21 151 patients. The prevalence of major depression was highest in patients with lung cancer (13·1%, 95% CI 11·9-14·2%), followed by gynaecological cancer (10·9%, 9·8-12·1), breast cancer (9·3%, 8·7-10·0), colorectal cancer (7·0%, 6·1-8·0), and genitourinary cancer (5·6%, 4·5-6·7). Within these cancer groupings, a diagnosis of major depression was more likely in patients who were younger, had worse social deprivation scores, and, for lung cancer and colorectal cancer, female patients. 1130 (73%) of 1538 patients with depression and complete patient-reported treatment data were not receiving potentially effective treatment. Major depression is common in patients attending cancer clinics and most goes untreated. A pressing need exists to improve the management of major depression for patients attending specialist cancer services. Cancer Research UK and Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 3 <1%
Spain 2 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Uruguay 1 <1%
Unknown 311 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 36 11%
Researcher 33 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 33 10%
Student > Bachelor 28 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 8%
Other 65 20%
Unknown 96 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 95 30%
Psychology 62 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 22 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 2%
Other 29 9%
Unknown 95 30%
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