Longitudinal trajectories of symptom change during antidepressant treatment among managed care patients with depression and anxiety.

TitleLongitudinal trajectories of symptom change during antidepressant treatment among managed care patients with depression and anxiety.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2024
AuthorsCukor J, Xu Z, Vekaria V, Wang F, Olfson M, Banerjee S, Simon G, Alexopoulos G, Pathak J
JournalNpj Ment Health Res
Volume3
Issue1
Pagination58
Date Published2024 Nov 27
ISSN2731-4251
Abstract

Despite the high correlation between anxiety and depression, little remains known about the course of each condition when presenting concurrently. This study aimed to identify longitudinal patterns during antidepressant treatment in patients with depression and anxiety, and evaluate related factors associated with these patterns. By analyzing longitudinal self-report Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scores that tracked courses of depression and anxiety over a three-month window among the 577 adult participants, six depression and six anxiety trajectory subgroups were computationally derived using group-based trajectory modeling. Three depression subgroups showed symptom improvement, while three showed nonresponses. Similar patterns were observed in the six anxiety subgroups. Multinomial regression was used to associate patient characteristics with trajectory subgroup membership. Compared to patients in the remission group, factors associated with depressive symptom nonresponse included older age and lower depression severity.

DOI10.1038/s44184-024-00104-8
Alternate JournalNpj Ment Health Res
PubMed ID39604608
PubMed Central IDPMC11603369
Grant ListR01 GM105688 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States
R01 MH119177 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States
R01 MH121907 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States
R01 MH121922 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States