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    Diabetes Care. 2008 Jul;31(7):1324-6. Epub 2008 Mar 20.

    Improving treatment of depression among Latinos with diabetes using project Dulce and IMPACT.

    Gilmer TP, Walker C, Johnson ED, Philis-Tsimikas A, Unützer J.

    Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA. tgilmer@ucsd.edu

    OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility and cost of integrating diabetes and depression care management in three community clinics serving a low-income and predominantly Spanish-speaking Latino population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We screened diabetes patients for depression, and for those with depressive symptoms, we provided depression care management. We assessed changes in depressive symptoms using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), diabetes self-care activities (nutrition, exercise, and medication adherence), and costs. RESULTS: Thirty-three percent of patients with diabetes had symptoms of major depression. Among 99 patients completing the study, PHQ-9 scores declined by an average of 7.5 points from 14.8 to 7.3 (P < 0.001). Clients averaged 6.7 visits with the care manager during the study period. Costs of depression care management were estimated to be $512 per participant. CONCLUSIONS: Adding a depression care manager to an existing diabetes management team was effective at reducing depressive symptoms at a reasonable cost.

    PMID: 18356401 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

    PMCID: 2453645

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