TY - JOUR T1 - Review: ultra-short screening tests are not highly accurate for detecting depression in primary care JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 120 LP - 120 DO - 10.1136/ebm.12.4.120 VL - 12 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 2007/08/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/12/4/120.abstract N2 - Mitchell AJ, Coyne JC. Do ultra-short screening instruments accurately detect depression in primary care? A pooled analysis and meta-analysis of 22 studies. Br J Gen Pract 2007;57:144–51.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text 
 
 Q Do ultra-short screening instruments accurately detect depression in primary care? Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★★☆ IM/Ambulatory care ★★★★★★★ Cardiology ★★★★★★☆ Endocrine ★★★★★★☆ Data sources: Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (all to June 2006); Science Direct; Ingenta Select; Ovid Full Text; Wiley Interscience; and Web of Knowledge. Study selection and assessment: primary studies assessing the diagnostic validity of ultra-short depression screening instruments (ie, those with 1–4 items, taking <2 min to complete) in primary care patients. Details of the questions used can be found on www.rcgp.org.uk/PDF/Mitchell-S1.pdf, but most commonly the PHQ-2 or PrimeMD questions were used. The PHQ-2 questions were (1) … ER -