Table 2 1 year incidence (and proportion of affected individuals identified by diagnostic code, prescription or both) of diagnosis of emotional distress with ORs and the number of emotional distress categories per patient

From: Incidence and drug treatment of emotional distress after cancer diagnosis: a matched primary care case–control study

 

Cases (n= 7298) % (n)

Controls (n= 14 596) % (n)

Total (n= 21 894) % (n)

OR (95% CI)

Anxiety/Anxiolytics

7.4 (537)

0.6 (84)

2.8 (621)

14.32 (11.23–18.26)

 READ code only

6.7 (37)

26.2 (22)

9.5 (59)

 

 Anxiolytic drug use only

89.2 (479)

69.0 (58)

86.5 (537)

 

 Both

3.9 (21)

4.8 (4)

4.0 (25)

 

Depression/Antidepressants a

9.8 (713)

0.8 (112)

3.8 (825)

13.84 (11.24–17.03)

 READ code only

2.0 (14)

9.8 (11)

3.4 (25)

 

 Antidepressant use only

84.3 (601)

72.3 (81)

82.7 (682)

 

 Both

13.7 (98)

17.9 (20)

14.3 (118)

 

Alcohol/Acamprosate/Disulfiram

0.8 (55)

0.2 (27)

0.4 (82)

4.07 (2.57–6.46)

 READ code only

100.0 (55)

96.3 (26)

98.8 (81)

 

 Acamprosate/Disulfiram

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

 Both

0 (0)

3.7 (1)

1.2 (1)

 

Total number of persons with emotional distress

15.6 (1135)

1.4 (201)

6.1 (1336)

13.66 (11.59–16.11)

Number of emotional distress categories

    

 1

85.1 (966)

89.1 (179)

85.7 (1145)

 

 2

14.8 (168)

10.9 (22)

14.2 (190)

 

 3

0.1 (1)

0 (0)

0.1 (1)

 
  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; odds radio=OR.
  2. aAntidepressant treatment may be used to treat anxiety disorders without depression: categories relate to diagnosis or treatment class rather than accurate diagnosis.