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Is it useful to ask "Está deprimido?" ("Are you depressed?") to terminally-ill Portuguese patients? Results from outpatient research

2015-05-20Journal article Open access
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dc.contributor.authorJulião, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorNunes, Baltazar
dc.contributor.authorSobral, Maria Ana
dc.contributor.authorDias, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorInocêncio, Inês
dc.contributor.authorBarbosa, António
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-01T17:23:23Z
dc.date.available2016-03-01T17:23:23Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-20
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: Depression is a serious psychological problem in the palliative care setting. Brief screening tools for depression are lacking and need to be brief and acceptable. This study aimed to identify the properties of the single Portuguese question "Está deprimido?" ("Are you depressed?") to screen for depression. METHODS: Retrospective study from 100 patient's medical records identifying the answers on the single Portuguese question for depression "Está deprimido?" ("Are you depressed?") and the HADS depression sub-scale, using a score ≥11 on the latter as the gold standard for clinically significant depressive symptoms. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive and negative values were calculated. RESULTS: Response rate for the single Portuguese question for depression was 100%. Prevalence of depression symptoms (HADS-d ≥ 11) was 43%. To the question "Está deprimido?" 60 patients responded "yes." Sixteen patients who replied "no" to the single question had clinically significant depressive symptoms based on the HADS depression sub-scale. The single tool had 65.2% sensitivity, 49.2% specificity and 50.0% and 64.4% of positive predictive and negative values, respectively. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS: In this first preliminary retrospective Portuguese study, the single question for depression has shown poor screening properties. Future research in larger and mixed patientś samples of Portuguese terminally ill is necessary to find more accurate and robust properties of this brief tool.pt_PT
dc.identifier.citationPalliat Support Care. 2016 Apr;14(2):138-41. doi: 10.1017/S1478951515000474. Epub 2015 May 20pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1478951515000474pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1478-9515
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/3560
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherCambridge University Presspt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9705896&fileId=S1478951515000474pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectDepressionpt_PT
dc.subjectSingle Portuguese depression questionpt_PT
dc.subjectTerminally ill Portuguese patientspt_PT
dc.subjectCuidados de Saúdept_PT
dc.subjectEstados de Saúde e de Doençapt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.titleIs it useful to ask "Está deprimido?" ("Are you depressed?") to terminally-ill Portuguese patients? Results from outpatient researchpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage4pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titlePalliative and Supportive Carept_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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