Importance of Social Determinants in Screening for Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The most common screening tool for depression is the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Despite extensive research on the clinical and behavioral implications of the PHQ-9, data are limited on the relationship between PHQ-9 scores and social determinants of health and disease.

Objective

To assess the relationship between the PHQ-9 at intake and other measurements intended to assess social determinants of health.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional analyses of 2502 participants from the Baseline Health Study (BHS), a prospective cohort of adults selected to represent major demographic groups in the US; participants underwent deep phenotyping on demographic, socioeconomic, clinical, laboratory, functional, and imaging findings.

Intervent

SUBMITTER: Califf RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9411454 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature