Table 2 Sample descriptive characteristics as a function of criteria met
From: Determinants of follow-up care associated with incident antidepressant use in older adults
Factors | All criteria of ADs treatment adequacy met bivariate logistic regression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
N = 116/263 (44%) (yes %) | N = 147/263 (56%) (no %) | OR (CI 95%) | |
Gender | |||
 Male | 57 (48%) | 63 (52%) | 0.60 (0.38–0.97) |
 Female | 59 (41%) | 84 (59%) | 1 |
Age | |||
 65–74 years old | 77 (43%) | 101 (57%) | 0.89 (0.59–1.51) |
 ≥75 | 39 (46%) | 46 (54%) | 1 |
Marital status | |||
 Married/common-law | 77 (44%) | 97 (56%) | 1.02 (0.61–1.70) |
 Single/divorced/separated/widowed | 39 (44%) | 56 (56%) | 1 |
Region | |||
 Metropolitan/urban | 42 (48%) | 101 (52%) | 1.25 (0.74–2.08) |
 Rural | 74 (50%) | 74 (50%) | 1 |
Income | |||
 <15,000$ | 11 (50%) | 11 (50%) | 1.36 (0.56–3.29) |
 ≥15,000$ | 81 (42%) | 110 (58%) | 1 |
Education | |||
 Less than secondary | 80 (44%) | 102 (56%) | 0.96 (0.56–1.64) |
 Secondary and more | 34 (43%) | 45 (57%) | 1 |
Number of chronic disease | |||
 0–3 | 34 (45%) | 41 (55%) | 0.93 (0.55–1.60) |
 ≥4 | 82 (44%) | 106 (56%) | 1 |
MD gender | |||
 Female | 31 (46%) | 36 (54%) | 1.13 (0.64–1.96) |
 Male | 85 (43%) | 111 (57%) | 1 |
Primary care clinic types | |||
 <3 physicians | 30 (45%) | 37 (55%) | 0.90 (0.49–1.66) |
 ≥3 physicians | 37 (45%) | 45 (55%) | 0.89 (0.50–1.58) |
 CLSC | 3 (60%) | 2 (40%) | 0.49 (0.80–3.03) |
 FMG | 46 (42%) | 63 (58%) | 1 |
Kessler-10 scale | |||
 <19 | 93 (50%) | 93 (50%) | 1.12 (0.67–1.88) |
 ≥20 | 68 (58%) | 50 (42%) | 1 |
Heath system factors | Mean (CI 95%) | Mean (CI 95%) | OR (CI 95%) |
Number of full time eq. GPs | 58 (52–64) | 57 (53–60) | 0.99 (0.99–1.01) |
Retention index | 0.72 (0.68–0.75) | 0.69 (0.67–0.72) | 0.84 (0.23–3.09) |
Accessibility index | 4 (3.62–4.83) | 4 (3.62–4.30) | 1.01 (0.92–1.09) |
Usual Provider of Care index (0–100) | 89 (85.70–92.83) | 88 (85.41–87.95) | 1.01 (0.99–1.03) |
Continuity of Care Depression Anxiety index (0–10) | 8 (7.8–8.3) | 8 (7.9–8.2) | 0.97 (0.91–1.20) |