Combination use of Beck Depression Inventory and two-question case-finding instrument as a screening tool for depression in the workplace.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The present study aimed to validate screening tools that could be used to identify depression among workers.

Design

Diagnostic test study.

Settings

Workers from three Japanese companies agreed to participate.

Participants

Recruitment for the group 1 occurred between January 2001 and February 2004, and 89 participants (81 men and 8 women with a mean age of 38.4±6.6 years) (98.8%) took part in the study. Recruitment for the group 2 occurred between July 2000 and February 2004, and 1500 participants (1408 men and 92 women with a mean age of 40.9±7.2 years) (94.2%) took part in the study. Demographic data are shown in supplementary table 1.

Interventions

Primary and secondary outcome measures

the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and a two-q

SUBMITTER: Adachi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3353128 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature