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	Institution: STANFORD Univ Med Center  | My Account | E-mail Alerts | Access Rights | Sign In Vol. 9 No. 10, November 2000   Archives  •  Online Features Original Contribution  This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (67)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Topic Collections  • Psychiatry  • Depression  • Alert me on articles by topic Competing Demands From Physical Problems Effect on Initiating and Completing Depression Care Over 6 Months Paul A. Nutting, MD, MSPH; Kathryn Rost, PhD; Jeffrey Smith, BS; James J. Werner, MS; Carl Elliot, MS Arch Fam Med. 2000;9:1059-1064. Objective and Design  To evaluate a cohort of patients with major depression to examine the effect of competing demands on depression care during multiple visits over 6 months. Participants and Setting  Ninety-two patients with 5 or more symptoms of depression and no recent depression treatment were evaluated by 12 primary care physicians in 6 practices in the usual-care arm of an effectiveness trial of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Depression Guidelines. Main Outcome Measure  Treatment was considered to be initiated if the patient reported starting a guideline-concordant antidepressant medication or making a visit for specialty counseling. Treatment completion was defined as either a 3-month course of guideline-concordant antidepressant use or completion of 8 or more specialty counseling visits. Results  Among the 92 patients reporting no recent treatment at study enrollment, 57% reported starting and 17% reported completing a course of guideline-concordant antidepressant medication and or specialty counseling at the 6-month interview. The severity of physical problems among patients with high enthusiasm for depression treatment decreased the odds that patients would initiate depression therapy. Severity of physical problems had no observable effect on completing depression therapy in the group of patients who initiated treatment. Conclusions  Physical problems compete with depression for attention over multiple visits in untreated patients who are enthusiastic about getting care for their emotional problems. Interventions are needed for this high-risk group, because depression treatment could potentially enhance patients' treatment of their physical problems. From the Department of Family Medicine (Drs Nutting and Rost and Messrs Smith and Elliot), Program in Health and Behavioral Science (Mr Werner), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and the Center for Research Strategies (Dr Nutting), Denver, Colo. 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