The Role of Screening in Depression Diagnosis and Treatment in a Representative Sample of US Primary Care Visits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care providers encounter a large proportion of the population with depression. Yet, many primary care patients with depression remain undiagnosed and untreated.

Objective

This study aims to examine depression screening patterns and the role of screening in depression diagnosis and treatment in the outpatient primary care setting.

Design

This is a cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative survey data of visits to outpatient physician offices from the 2005 to 2015 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys.

Participants

The sample included the first visit in the past year to a primary care provider by patients 12 years and older (N = 16,887).

Methods

The associations of visit characteristics with depression screening and of dep

SUBMITTER: Samples H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6957618 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature