Insights Provided by Depression Screening Regarding Pain, Anxiety, and Substance use in a Veteran Population.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We sought to quantify the extent to which a depression screening instrument commonly used in primary care settings provides additional information regarding pain interference symptoms, anxiety, and substance use.

Methods

Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) data collected from 2003 through 2015 was used to calculate odds ratios (OR) for associations between positive depression screening result cutoffs and clustering conditions. We assessed the test performance characteristics (likelihood ratio value, positive predictive value, and the percentage of individuals correctly classified) of a positive Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9 & PHQ-2) depression screen for the identification of pain interference symptoms, anxiety, and substance use.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Stevens ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7418233 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature