Relationship of pharmaceutical promotion to antidepressant switching and adherence: a retrospective cohort study.
Relationship of pharmaceutical promotion to antidepressant switching and adherence: a retrospective cohort study.
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药物推广与抗抑郁药物转换和依从性的关系:一项回顾性队列研究。
DOI:
10.1176/ps.2010.61.12.1232
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2010
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Maciejewski,MatthewL
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Hansen,RichardA;Chen,Shih-Yin;Gaynes,BradleyN;Maciejewski,MatthewL
ObjectivePatient nonadherence and early discontinuation of antide-pressant treatment are common. Pharmaceutical promotion to consumers and physicians may influence this behavior. The objectives of this study were to explore whether promotional spending is related to early antidepressant switching, acute-phase adherence, and continuationphase adherence.MethodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted with national promotional expenditure data merged with medical and prescription claims data from a large national health plan affiliated with i3 Innovus. Included were records for continuously insured adults with major depression who received a new prescription for an antidepressant: 5,010 were in the cohort assessed for switching, 4,457 were in the cohort assessed for acute-phase adherence, and 1,772 were in the cohort assessed for continuation-phase adherence. National promotional efforts were estimated by examining inflation-adjusted spending on direct-toconsumer advertising (DTCA) and physician detailing. Clinical guidelines were used to create proxies for aspects of treatment outcomes, including antidepressant switching and adherence in the acute phase and adherence in the continuation phase. Logistic regression models estimated the association between promotional variables and these outcomes.ResultsPatients taking medications that were more highly promoted to physicians were less likely to switch medications (odds ratio [OR]=. 61) and were more likely to be adherent during the acute phase of treatment (OR= 1.13). DTCA had little effect on switching or antidepressant adherence.ConclusionsDetailing to physicians was associated with lower rates of medication switching and had a positive relationship with patient adherence during early antidepressant treatment. This finding indicates that certain aspects of promotion may have beneficial effects on antidepressant use.(Psychiatric Services 61: 1232–1238, 2010)