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SHORTS: Depression in Older Adults - Screening and Referral #YouCouldSaveALife
SHORTS: Depression in Older Adults - Screening and Referral #YouCouldSaveALife
Vieira E, Brown E, Raue P. Depression in Older Adults: Screening and Referral. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 2014;37(1), 24-30.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23619921
PHQ-2 Tips:
Link to PHQ-2: http://www.cqaimh.org/pdf/tool_phq2.pdf
Patients with a PHQ-2 score of 2 or 3 (depending on the patient population) should be referred for further evaluation.
Scoring involves adding the results from the two items. The PHQ-2 with a cutoff score of 3 has 87% sensitivity and 78% specificity for depression
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