Consumer Health
Sciences, a leading international provider of comprehensive consumer
health information and patient reported outcomes, presented important
data at the ISPOR 11th Annual European Congress, Athens, Greece,
November 11, 2008. Findings demonstrated high unmet needs among
patients with depression using SSRIs or SNRIs.
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and
serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) are commonly used
in the treatment of depression. Efficacy of SSRIs and SNRIs has been
evaluated using clinical trial data and meta-analyses. However, using
patient-reported survey data for the assessment of unmet needs provides
a real-world patient perspective that is generalizable to the broader
population.
The primary objective was to quantify the unmet needs of patients
diagnosed with depression treating with an SSRI or SNRI. The analysis
used patient self-reported data from five generic viagra online buy European countries. The
results demonstrated that approximately 80% of treated patients
continue to exhibit symptoms of depression.
"These results highlight the need for new and better treatments to
alleviate depression symptoms," said Samuel Wagner, Ph.D., R.Ph., Vice
President, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, of Consumer Health
Sciences. "Key markers were identified to help physicians in their
diagnosis. In addition to a family history of depression, they’re more
likely to experience other co-morbid psychiatric conditions and report
their depression as more severe than patients whose needs were met."
The results were based on an analysis of 53,000 patients from the 2007
National Health and Wellness Survey conducted in France, Germany,
Italy, Spain and the UK. Inclusion criteria for the current analysis
were diagnosed depression, treating with an SSRI or SNRI, and not
diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Depression sufferers were asked to
report on the following symptoms: bothered by feeling down, depressed
or hopeless or bothered by having little interest or pleasure in doing
things in the month prior to survey. Unmet needs were defined as an
affirmative response to either of the above symptoms. Further analyses
of these patients were also conducted by the scientific team at
Consumer Health Sciences to more deeply understand the demographic,
attitudinal and disease characteristics of patients with unmet needs.
About Consumer Health Sciences
Consumer Health Sciences is a leading source of disease-specific
consumer health information for the pharmaceutical and life science
industries. Its flagship product, the annual National Health and
Wellness Survey (NHWS) database, is the largest self-reported patient
database of its kind, providing market sizing, demographic,
attitudinal, quality of life, resource utilization and treatment
information in more than 100 therapeutic categories in the U.S., Europe
and Japan.
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