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Review: screening instruments had sensitivities of 67–100% and specificities of 53–98% for detecting major depression in older primary care patients

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.9.4.124

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    Watson LC, Pignone MP. Screening accuracy for late-life depression in primary care: a systematic review. J Fam Pract 2003;52:956–64.
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 Q What is the accuracy of various screening instruments for detecting depression in older adults in primary care?

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    Medline and PsycINFO (1966 to January 2002); trial registry of the Cochrane Depression, Anxiety and Neurosis Group; US Preventive Services Task Force Guide to Clinical Preventive Services (1996); Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Clinical Practice Guideline on Depression (1993); recent systematic reviews; bibliographies; and peer review.

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    English language studies of depression screening in primary care populations of adults >65 years of age; comparison of instrument with a criterion standard (structured or semistructured diagnostic interviews or independent evaluations by psychiatrists based on …

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Dr L C Watson, Geriatric Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. watso069mc.duke.edu

    • Sources of funding: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

    • A modified version of this abstract appears in Evidence-Based Nursing.