Accuracy of a single question in screening for depression in a cohort of patients after stroke: comparative study

Patients answering "yes" to the Yale question had significantly higher scores on the MADRS than those answering "no" (median score (interquartile range) 12 (7 to 19) v 4.5 (2 to 6); Mann-Whitney U=220.5, P < 0.05). On the MADRS 43 (54%) were classified as clinically depressed;...

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Published in:BMJ 2001-11, Vol.323 (7322), p.1159-1159
Main Authors: Watkins, Caroline, Daniels, Leanne, Jack, Cathy, Dickinson, Hazel, van den Broek, Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Comparative studies
Depression
Depression - diagnosis
Depressive disorders
England
Female
Humans
Liverpool
Male
Medical research
Medical sciences
Medical screening
Mental depression
Mood disorders
Patients
Predictive Value of Tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Questions
Rehabilitation
Screening
Screening questions
Screening tests
Self-Assessment
Statistics, Nonparametric
Stroke
Stroke - psychology
Stroke Rehabilitation
Strokes
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Summary:Patients answering "yes" to the Yale question had significantly higher scores on the MADRS than those answering "no" (median score (interquartile range) 12 (7 to 19) v 4.5 (2 to 6); Mann-Whitney U=220.5, P < 0.05). On the MADRS 43 (54%) were classified as clinically depressed; 37 answered "yes" to the Yale single question and six answered "no." Of the 36 classified as not depressed, eight answered "yes" and 28 "no."
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
0959-535X
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.323.7322.1159