A Brief Depression Scale for Use in the Medically Ill
Why the study?
Does an 11-item brief depression scale accurately detect major depressive disorder in medically ill hospitalized patients?
Population
559 men under age 40 or over age 70 consecutively admitted to the hospital and 78 medical inpatients
Comparison
11-item brief depression scale vs Structured psychiatric interview and 30-item…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports brief MDD screening in medical inpatients; extends GDS data but leaves open prospective validation.
Structured PICO
Does an 11-item brief depression scale accurately detect major depressive disorder in medically ill hospitalized patients?
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Population
559 men under age 40 or over age 70 consecutively admitted to the hospital (development cohort) and 78 medical inpatients (validation cohort)
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Intervention
11-item brief depression scale
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Comparator
Structured psychiatric interview (gold standard) and 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale (G.D.S.)
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Outcome
Sensitivity and specificity for detecting major depressive disorder (M.D.D.)
An 11-item brief depression scale provides a practical and accurate tool for screening major depressive disorder in medically ill inpatients.
Cite This Study
Koenig et al. (1992) studied this question.