Depression frequently causes unemployment , absenteeism , and presenteeism , which results in significantly reduced productivity .
Improving patients ' compliance with their antidepressant medication results in improved outcomes and prolongs remission from depression , increasing work productivity , and thus reducing overall costs .
The implementation of remote enhanced-care programs may improve compliance and reduce overall costs .
In conclusion , depression is a common disorder with a high economic impact .
Enhanced-care programs may lower costs associated with depression and improve patients ' lives
This systematic review examines the economic and human costs of depression and the potential savings associated with improvement in patient adherence to treatment with antidepressants through the use of enhanced-care programs .
Effects of major depression on moment-in-time work performance.
OBJECTIVE Although major depression is thought to have substantial negative effects on work performance , the possibility of recall bias limits self-report studies of these effects . The authors used the experience sampling method to address this problem by collecting comparative data on moment-in-time work performance among service workers who were depressed and those who were not depressed . METHOD The group studied included 105 airline reservation agents and 181 telephone customer service representatives selected from a larger baseline sample ; depressed workers were deliberately over sample d. Respondents were given pagers and experience sampling method diaries for each day of the study . A computerized autodialer paged respondents at r and om time points . When paged , respondents reported on their work performance in the diary . Moment-in-time work performance was assessed at five r and om times each day over a 7-day data collection period ( 35 data points for each respondent ) . RESULTS Seven conditions ( allergies , arthritis , back pain , headaches , high blood pressure , asthma , and major depression ) occurred often enough in this group of respondents to be studied . Major depression was the only condition significantly related to decrements in both of the dimensions of work performance assessed in the diaries : task focus and productivity . These effects were equivalent to approximately 2.3 days absent because of sickness per depressed worker per month of being depressed . CONCLUSIONS Previous studies based on days missed from work significantly underestimate the adverse economic effects associated with depression . Productivity losses related to depression appear to exceed the costs of effective treatment
Depression frequently causes unemployment , absenteeism , and presenteeism , which results in significantly reduced productivity .
Improving patients ' compliance with their antidepressant medication results in improved outcomes and prolongs remission from depression , increasing work productivity , and thus reducing overall costs .
The implementation of remote enhanced-care programs may improve compliance and reduce overall costs .
In conclusion , depression is a common disorder with a high economic impact .
Enhanced-care programs may lower costs associated with depression and improve patients ' lives
This systematic review examines the economic and human costs of depression and the potential savings associated with improvement in patient adherence to treatment with antidepressants through the use of enhanced-care programs .