July 1, 1999Psychological Medicine
Recall of depressive episode 25 years previously
Why the study?
How accurately can patients recall a major depressive episode 25 years later?
Population
45 patients who were part of a long-term follow-up study of depression, of whom 27 met CIDI DSM-III-R…
Comparison
Retrospective recall using the CIDI interview 25… vs Original fully structured interviews at the…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
25 years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Incomplete long-term recall of depression may bias retrospective prevalence estimates; leaves open accuracy of lifetime diagnostic surveys.
Structured PICO
How accurately can patients recall a major depressive episode 25 years later?
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Population
45 patients who were part of a long-term follow-up study of depression, of whom 27 met CIDI DSM-III-R criteria for depression at index episode.
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Intervention
Retrospective recall using the CIDI interview 25 years later
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Comparator
Original fully structured interviews at the index episode
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Outcome
Recall of essential symptoms of depression and meeting criteria for DSM-III-R major depressive episodepatient reported
Only about half of patients hospitalized for a major depressive episode can recall sufficient detail to satisfy diagnostic criteria 25 years later, suggesting lifetime rates in retrospective surveys may be underestimated.
Cite This Study
Andrews et al. (1999) studied this question.