TY - JOUR
T1 - Depression remission, receipt of problem-solving therapy, and self-care behavior frequency among low-income, predominantly Hispanic diabetes patients
AU - Oh, Hyunsung
AU - Ell, Kathleen
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgment of financial and/or other support: The study is supported by R01 MH068468 from the National Institute of Mental Health (Principal investigator, K.E.). This present article was supported by Hamovitch Center for Science in the Human Services' Summer Training Funding for PhD students. This study is a part of a doctoral dissertation. The authors thank Drs. Lawrence Palinkas and Chih-Ping Chou for exceptional service as a doctoral dissertation committee member, Pey-Jiuan Lee for supports in data collection, and Eric Lindberg for editorial supports.
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© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - Objective This study explored whether depression remission and problem-solving therapy (PST) receipt are associated with more frequent self-care behaviors via cross-sectional and prospective analyses. Method We analyzed data from a randomized clinical trial (N = 387) that tested collaborative depression care among predominantly Hispanic patients with diabetes in safety-net clinics. Data at 12-month follow-up, measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and Hopkins Symptom Checklist-20, were used to define depression remission. PST was provided by a bilingual social worker. Multivariate regression analysis was used to examine associations between predictors and frequency change of each self-care behavior (healthy diet, exercise, self-blood glucose monitoring, and foot care between baseline and 12-month (N = 281), 18-month (N = 249), and 24-month (N = 235) follow-up surveys. Results Inconsistent relationships were observed depending on the instrument to identify depression remission, type of self-care behaviors, and time when self-care behavior was measured. Significant associations were more likely to be observed in cross-sectional analyses. PST receipt was not associated with self-care behaviors. Conclusions Depression remission or the receipt of PST may not be a reliable antecedent for more frequent self-care behaviors among this group. A few recommendations for studies were offered to enhance existing depression care for diabetes patients.
AB - Objective This study explored whether depression remission and problem-solving therapy (PST) receipt are associated with more frequent self-care behaviors via cross-sectional and prospective analyses. Method We analyzed data from a randomized clinical trial (N = 387) that tested collaborative depression care among predominantly Hispanic patients with diabetes in safety-net clinics. Data at 12-month follow-up, measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and Hopkins Symptom Checklist-20, were used to define depression remission. PST was provided by a bilingual social worker. Multivariate regression analysis was used to examine associations between predictors and frequency change of each self-care behavior (healthy diet, exercise, self-blood glucose monitoring, and foot care between baseline and 12-month (N = 281), 18-month (N = 249), and 24-month (N = 235) follow-up surveys. Results Inconsistent relationships were observed depending on the instrument to identify depression remission, type of self-care behaviors, and time when self-care behavior was measured. Significant associations were more likely to be observed in cross-sectional analyses. PST receipt was not associated with self-care behaviors. Conclusions Depression remission or the receipt of PST may not be a reliable antecedent for more frequent self-care behaviors among this group. A few recommendations for studies were offered to enhance existing depression care for diabetes patients.
KW - Depression
KW - Diabetes
KW - Problem-solving therapy
KW - Self-care behaviors
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U2 - 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2016.04.003
DO - 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2016.04.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 27302721
AN - SCOPUS:84989812879
SN - 0163-8343
VL - 41
SP - 38
EP - 44
JO - General Hospital Psychiatry
JF - General Hospital Psychiatry
ER -