Screening Older Adults for Depression: Barriers Across Clinical Discipline Training.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Depressed older adults are more likely to be seen in primary care than in specialty mental health settings, but research shows that physicians may not routinely screen for depression. Other clinical disciplines are also in a position to screen for depression, but have not been studied. This study examined barriers to screening older adults for depression, and disciplinary differences in clinical trainees' likelihood of screening.

Research design and methods

We used a cross-sectional, online survey with experimental manipulation of vignettes. A four-way mixed analysis of variance explored the effects of clinical discipline (between subjects) and time pressure, patient difficulty, and level of symptoms (within subjects) on trainees' likelihood of scre

SUBMITTER: Smith R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6541426 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature