Electronic Population-Based Depression Detection and Management Through Universal Screening in the Veterans Health Administration.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In 2016, the US Preventive Services Task Force newly recommended universal screening for depression, with the expectation that screening would be associated with appropriate treatment. Few studies have been able to assess the population-based trajectory from screening to receipt of follow-up and treatment for individuals with depression.

Objective

To examine adherence to guidelines for follow-up and treatment among primary care patients who newly screened positive for depression in the Veterans Health Administration (VA).

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used VA electronic data to identify patients who newly screened positive for depression on the 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire at 82 primary care VA clinics in Californi

SUBMITTER: Leung LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8914576 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature