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SECTION 2 GP SURVEY GPs see an average of 25.7 patients with diagnosed depression every month 3 For the majority of GPs, the ultimate goal is to treat the full range of depression symptoms Almost a quarter of respondents (23%) said that 50% or more of their patients treated with antidepressants fail to achieve remission 3 When full remission is not achieved, the symptoms most likely to remain unresolved are: fatigue (62%), depressed mood (61%), anxiety (54%), lack of pleasure (48%), social withdrawal (41%), sleep disturbance (43%) and general aches and pains (40%) 3 Table 2: percentage of patients treated with antidepressants who achieve remission 3 LESS THAN 25% 26.3% MORE THAN 75% 50.2% 51-75%% 22.4% 26-50% 1% aches & pains
Table 3: symptoms most likely to remain unresolved when full remission is not achieved in patients 3 Q4 When full remission is NOT achieved in patients being treated with antidepressants, in your experience which of the following symptoms are most likely to remain unresolved NONE OF THE ABOVE 1.5% GENERAL ACHES & PAINS 39.5% SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION 33.7% APPETITE/WEIGHT CHANGE 12.7% INSOMNIA/HYPERSOMNIA 43.4% FATIGUE 61.5% SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL 40.5% REDUCED PRODUCTIVITY 23.9% ANGER ATTACKS 19.0% CRYING 13.7% LACK OF PLEASURE 47.8% REDUCED CONCENTRATION 32.2% ANXIETY 54.1% IRRITABILITY 19.5% DEPRESSED MOOD 61.0% 82% of GPs consider general aches and pains to be a common symptom of depression 3 More than two-thirds (66%) of GPs state that at least 25% of their patients diagnosed with depression complain of general aches and pains 3 . 22% state that more than 50% of their patients are affected 3 In spite of this, when a patient presents with general aches and pains, only 36% of GPs always ask about other symptoms that might indicate depression 3 More than a third (35%) of GPs agree with the statement “In most cases, I am satisfied if patients achieve partial response of their symptoms 3 .” This may be partly because they do not expect current treatments to resolve all symptoms: 63% of GPs agree that current antidepressants are not always effective at treating somatic (physical) symptoms such as general aches and pains 3 However, for the majority of GPs, the ultimate goal is to treat the full range of depression symptoms: only 37% agree that it is more important to manage psychological and behavioural symptoms of depression than somatic ones 3 .
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