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    This study evaluated whether a single question about sadness and depression could accurately screen for clinical depression. The researchers administered a one question depression screen to 595 chronic pain patients and used a validated 25 question depression inventory as the comparison. They found that the single question screen correctly identified 79% of depressed patients and 81% of non-depressed patients according to the comparison inventory. Based on these results, the researchers concluded that a single question about depression symptoms can effectively screen for clinical depression in chronic pain patients.

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    This study evaluated whether a single question about sadness and depression could accurately screen for clinical depression. The researchers administered a one question depression screen to 595 chronic pain patients and used a validated 25 question depression inventory as the comparison. They found that the single question screen correctly identified 79% of depressed patients and 81% of non-depressed patients according to the comparison inventory. Based on these results, the researchers concluded that a single question about depression symptoms can effectively screen for clinical depression in chronic pain patients.

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    Is one question enough to screen for depression? [Scand J Public He... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.

    gov/pubmed/20603250

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    U.S. National Library of Medicine
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    Scand J Public Health. 2010 Aug;38(6):618-24. Epub 2010 Jul 5.

    Is one question enough to screen for depression?


    Reme SE, Eriksen HR.
    Department of Health Promotion and Development, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. silje.reme@uib.no.

    Abstract
    AIMS: The aim of this study was to determine if chronic pain patients with symptoms of depression could be identified by
    one single question.
    METHODS: Data from 595 patients, 55% women, and 45% men, from three different patient populations; low back pain
    patients (n = 387), whiplash patients (n = 119), and disability pensioners (n = 89), were analysed. We evaluated the test
    characteristics of one question on depression from the Subjective Health Complaints (SHC) Inventory. The respondents
    report if, and to what extent, they have been affected by sadness/depression in the last 30 days. The Hopkins Symptom
    Checklist-25 (HSCL-25) was used as the criterion standard. HSCL-25 is a self-report symptom rating scale with two
    dimensions: depression and anxiety. ''Depressed'' was defined as having a score above 1.75 on the depression subscale.
    RESULTS: Thirty-three per cent of the patients were depressed according to HSCL-25. The sensitivity of the single SHC
    depression-question was 79%, and the specificity was 81%. Positive predictive value was 67% while negative predictive
    value was 89%. Kappa value for all groups combined was 0.58 (p < 0.001). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC)
    curve showed an area under the curve of 0.83.
    CONCLUSIONS: The depression-question from SHC identified most of the depressed patients measured by HSCL-25 in
    low back pain patients, whiplash patients, and disability pensioners, and can therefore be considered an indicator of
    depression. Satisfactory sensitivity and specificity were detected, as well as similar responsiveness as determined by the
    ROC analyses. The results indicate that one simple question could replace a whole questionnaire (HSCL-25) in identifying
    depressive patients.

    PMID: 20603250 [PubMed - in process]

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