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Predicting 6-week treatment response to escitalopram pharmacotherapy in late-life major depressive disorder

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Saghafi, Ramin, Brown, Charlotte, Butters, Meryl A., Cyranowski, Jill, Dew, Mary Amanda, Frank, Ellen, Gildengers, Ariel, Karp, Jordan F. +13 more·2007·International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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OBJECTIVE: Approximately half of older patients treated for major depressive disorder (MDD) do not achieve symptomatic remission and functional recovery with first-line pharmacotherapy. This study aims to characterize sociodemographic, clinical, and neuropsychologic correlates of full, partial, and non-response to escitalopram monotherapy of unipolar MDD in later life. METHODS: One hundred and seventy-five patients aged 60 and older were assessed at baseline on demographic variables, depression severity, hopelessness, anxiety, cognitive functioning, co-existing medical illness burden, social support, and quality of life (disability). Subjects received 10 mg/d of open-label escitalopram and were divided into full (n = 55; 31%), partial (n = 75; 42.9%), and non-responder (n = 45; 25.7%) groups based on Hamilton depression scores at week 6. Univariate followed by multivariate analyses tested for differences between the three groups. RESULTS: Non-responders to treatment were found to be more severely depressed and anxious at baseline than both full and partial responders, more disabled, and with lower self-esteem than full responders. In general partial responders resembled full responders more than they resembled non-responders. In multivariate models, more severe anxiety symptoms (both psychological and somatic) and lower self-esteem predicted worse response status at 6 weeks. CONCLUSION: Among treatment-seeking elderly persons with MDD, higher anxiety symptoms and lower self-esteem predict poorer response after six weeks of escitalopram treatment.

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Saghafi, R., Brown, C., Butters, M. A., Cyranowski, J., Dew, M. A., Frank, E., Gildengers, A., Karp, J. F., Lenze, E. J., Lotrich, F., Martire, L., Mazumdar, S., Miller, M. D., Mulsant, B. H., Weber, E., Whyte, E., Morse, J., Stack, J., Houck, P. R., Bensasi, S., & Reynolds, C. F.
Affiliations
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
Corresponding author
Reynolds, Charles F.
Venue
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2007-05-08
Volume
22
Issue
11
Pages
1141-1146
ISSN
  • 0885-6230 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-1166
OpenAlex
W2098221822
Cited by
47
References
37
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 2
FWCI
4.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000005, KL2TR000146)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH 43832, R01 MH37869, P30MH071944, T32 MH19986, R01MH037869, R01MH043832, T32MH019986)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (P60MD000207)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
escitalopram, antidepressant response, treatment non-response, predictors of treatment response, anxiety symptoms, self-esteem, depression severity, older adults, hopelessness
MeSH terms
Aged, Anxiety, Depressive Disorder, Major, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Quality of Life, Self Concept, Social Support, Citalopram, Geriatric Assessment, Treatment Outcome, Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation

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