A Randomized Comparison of Medication and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treating Depression in Low-Income Young Minority Women

Hyunkeun Cho; Sang Joon Son; Sanghee Kim; Jungsik Park

doi:10.12659/MSM.902206

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A Randomized Comparison of Medication and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treating Depression in Low-Income Young Minority Women

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A Randomized Comparison of Medication and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treating Depression in Low-Income Young Minority Women

Hyunkeun Cho, Sang Joon Son, Sanghee Kim and Jungsik Park

Medical science monitor, Vol.22, pp.4947-4953

12/16/2016

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.902206

PMCID: PMC5189608

PMID: 27981956

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Abstract

BACKGROUND Longitudinal data arise frequently in biomedical science and health studies where each subject is repeatedly measured over time. We compared the effectiveness of medication and cognitive behavioral therapy on depression in predominantly low-income young minority women. MATERIAL AND METHODS The treatment effects on patients with low-level depression may differ from the treatment effects on patients with high-level depression. We used a quantile regression model for longitudinal data analysis to determine which treatment is most beneficial for patients at different stress levels over time. RESULTS The results confirm that both treatments are effective in reducing the depression score over time, regardless of the depression level. CONCLUSIONS Compared to cognitive behavioral therapy, treatment with medication more often effective, although the size of the effect differs. Thus, no matter how severe a patient's depression symptoms are, antidepressant medication is effective in decreasing depression symptoms.

United States

Minority Groups

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - economics

Poverty

Age Factors

Humans

Depressive Disorder - drug therapy

Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use

Young Adult

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - methods

Depressive Disorder - economics

Antidepressive Agents - economics

Adult

Depressive Disorder - therapy

Female

Referral and Consultation

Longitudinal Studies

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Title: Subtitle: A Randomized Comparison of Medication and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treating Depression in Low-Income Young Minority Women
Creators: Hyunkeun Cho - Department of Statistics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Sang Joon Son - Department of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea
Sanghee Kim - Department of Statistics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Jungsik Park - Center for Medical Humanities and Convergent Content, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Medical science monitor, Vol.22, pp.4947-4953
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.902206
PMID: 27981956
PMCID: PMC5189608
NLM abbreviation: Med Sci Monit
ISSN: 1234-1010
eISSN: 1643-3750
Publisher: United States
Language: English
Date published: 12/16/2016
Academic Unit: Biostatistics
Record Identifier: 9983997348802771

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