title: Prevalence of depression and use of antidepressant pharmacotherapy among ambulatory patients with diabetes mellitus in the United States.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Persons with diabetes mellitus (DM) exhibit a higher rate of depressive illness than does the general US population. Despite this finding, previous research has documented a low rate of diagnosis and/or treatment with antidepressant pharmacotherapy among persons with DM.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to examine the current rate of diagnosis of depression and use of antidepressant pharmacotherapy among persons with DM.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We examined data from the 2005 US National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. In 2005, there were an estimated 35,345,845 persons with an office-based visit for DM and, of these, 3,823,508 (10.8%) had a concomitant diagnosis of depression. Within this subset, 1,830,620 (47.9%) were prescribed antidepressant pharmacotherapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings serve to quantify the prevalence of a diagnosis of depression and use of antidepressant pharmacotherapy for its treatment among persons with DM in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington.
authors.forename: Joshua J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Neumiller
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacotherapy, Department of Health Policy and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sclar
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.
authors.forename: Linda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Robison
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington.
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Setter
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacotherapy, Department of Health Policy and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.
authors.forename: Tracy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Skaer
keywords: antidepressant pharmacotherapy; depression; diabetes mellitus