The Humanistic and Economic Burden Associated with Major Depressive Disorder : A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis

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INTRODUCTION: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating and costly condition. This analysis characterized the health-related quality of life (HRQoL), health care resource utilization (HCRU), and costs between patients with versus without MDD, and across MDD severity levels.

METHODS: The 2019 National Health and Wellness Survey was used to identify adults with MDD, who were stratified by disease severity (minimal/mild, moderate, moderately severe, severe), and those without MDD. Outcomes included HRQoL (Short Form-36v2 Health Survey, EuroQol Five-Dimension Visual Analogue Scale, utility scores), HCRU (hospitalizations, emergency department [ED] visits, health care provider [HCP] visits), and annualized average direct medical and indirect (workplace) costs. A subgroup analysis was conducted in participants with MDD and prior medication treatment failure. Participant characteristics and study outcomes were evaluated using bivariate analyses and multivariable regression models, respectively.

RESULTS: Cohorts comprised 10,710 participants with MDD (minimal/mild = 5905; moderate = 2206; moderately severe = 1565; severe = 1034) and 52,687 participants without MDD. Participants with MDD had significantly lower HRQoL scores than those without (each comparison, P < 0.001). Increasing MDD severity was associated with decreasing HRQoL. Relative to participants without MDD, participants with MDD reported more HCP visits (2.72 vs 5.64; P < 0.001) and ED visits (0.18 vs 0.22; P < 0.001) but a similar number of hospitalizations. HCRU increased with increasing MDD severity. Although most patients with MDD had minimal/mild to moderate severity, total direct medical and indirect costs were significantly higher for participants with versus without MDD ($8814 vs $6072 and $5425 vs $3085, respectively, both P < 0.001). Direct and indirect costs were significantly higher across all severity levels versus minimal/mild MDD (each comparison, P < 0.05). Among patients with prior MDD medication treatment failure (n = 1077), increasing severity was associated with significantly lower HRQoL and higher total indirect costs than minimal/mild MDD.

CONCLUSION: These results quantify the significant and diverse burdens associated with MDD and prior MDD medication treatment failure.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Advances in therapy - 41(2024), 5 vom: 29. Apr., Seite 1860-1884

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Culpepper, Larry [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Ashley [VerfasserIn]
Nabulsi, Nadia [VerfasserIn]
Parikh, Mousam [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Direct costs
Disease severity
Economic burden
Health care resource utilization
Health-related quality of life
Humanistic burden
Indirect costs
Journal Article
Lost productivity
Major depressive disorder
Treatment failure

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Date Completed 26.04.2024

Date Revised 29.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12325-024-02817-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369562887