Depression is a risk factor for noncompliance with medical treatment: meta-analysis of the effects of anxiety and depression on patient adherence.

By M. Dimatteo, H. S. Lepper, T. Croghan. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2000

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Family Practice

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Clinical and health services relationships between major depression, depressive symptoms, and general medical illness. (2003, result): “A recent meta-analysis by Dimatteo et al (2000) showed that, compared with nondepressed medically ill patients, the odds were three times greater that medically ill patients with major depression would be nonadherent to medical treatment recommendations.”
Depression as a Risk Factor for Mortality in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: A Meta-analysis (2004, background): “Behavioral risk factors such as smoking, low physical activity, a poor diet, and the failure to adhere to medical recommendations mediate the relationship of depressive disorders with CHD (17,18).”
Depression and cancer mortality: a meta-analysis (2010, background): “1999) and may not adhere to prescribed medication regimens or miss therapy appointments (DiMatteo et al. 2000).”
Depression and cardiovascular disease: a clinical review. (2014, background): “In addition, depression is associated with poor adherence to medical treatment.(40) However, it is not likely that a single simplistic aetiological model will be found (Figure 1).”
Positive Psychological Well-Being and Mortality: A Quantitative Review of Prospective Observational Studies (2008, background): “Positive psychological well-being might also be related to increased adherence to medical regimens in disease populations because inverse associations between adherence and depression have been described (83).”
Enhancing Recovery From Sepsis (2018, neutral): “However, it is important to recognize and treat mental health impairments because they are associated with a more complicated clinical course.(52,53)”
Social support and patient adherence to medical treatment: a meta-analysis. (2004, background): “Repeated crosschecking of references within the larger adherence meta-analysis project of which this study is a part suggests that the vast majority, if not all, of the articles meeting the criteria for inclusion were found (see also, DiMatteo, 2004; DiMatteo et al., 2000, 2002).”
The challenge of patient adherence (2005, methodology): “In meta-analytic work, findings suggest that one of the strongest predictors of patient nonadherence to medical treatment is patient depression (DiMatteo et al 2000).”
Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants: A revision of the 2008 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines (2015, background): “Severity of comorbid medical illness and presence of pain symptoms are associated with poorer response to treatment and higher risk of relapse, and may account for the higher NNT in this group (Bair et al., 2004; DiMatteo et al., 2000; Iosifescu et al., 2004a, 2004b; Trivedi et al., 2012).”
Depression and Diabetes Treatment Nonadherence: A Meta-Analysis (2008, background): “(7) based on a meta-analysis of 12 studies of patients adhering to treatment regimens of other chronic illnesses.”
Depression and anxiety in relation to cancer incidence and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies (2019, background): “Health-related behaviors may lead to delayed cancer diagnosis, especially the advanced stage cancers [13], and the compliance to succeeding therapeutic response [87].”