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Depression Screening in Stroke: A Comparison of Alternative Measures With the Structured Diagnostic Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (Major Depressive Episode) as Criterion Standard

Turner, Alyna, Hambridge, John, White, Jennifer, Carter, Gregory, Clover, Kerrie, Nelson, Louise, Hackett, Maree·2012·Stroke

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Background and Purpose—: Screening tools for depression and psychological distress commonly used in medical settings have not been well validated in stroke populations. We aimed to determine the accuracy of common screening tools for depression or distress in detecting caseness for a major depressive episode compared with a clinician-administered structured clinical interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition as the gold standard. Methods—: Seventy-two participants ≥3 weeks poststroke underwent a diagnostic interview for major depressive episode and completed the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 and -9, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Beck Depression Inventory-II, Distress Thermometer, and Kessler-10. Internal consistency, sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios, and posttest probabilities were calculated. Each measure was validated against the gold standard using receiver operating characteristic curves with comparison of the area under the curve for all measures. Results—: Internal consistency ranged from acceptable to excellent for all measures (Cronbach α=0.78–0.94). Areas under the curve (95% CI) for the Patient Health Questionnaire-2, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale depression and total score, Beck Depression Inventory-II, and Kessler-10 ranged from 0.80 (0.69–0.89) for the Kessler-10 to 0.89 (0.79–0.95) for the Beck Depression Inventory-II with no significant differences between measures. The Distress Thermometer had an area under the curve (95% CI) of 0.73 (0.61–0.83), significantly smaller than the Beck Depression Inventory-II ( P <0.05). Conclusions—: Apart from the Distress Thermometer, selected scales performed adequately in a stroke population with no significant difference between measures. The Patient Health Questionnaire-2 would be the most useful single screen given free availability and the shortest number of items.

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  1. Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party. National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke, III Edition. London: Royal College of Physicians; 2008.
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Authors
Turner, A., Hambridge, J., White, J., Carter, G., Clover, K., Nelson, L., & Hackett, M.
Affiliations
The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
Venue
Stroke
Published
2012-04
Volume
43
Issue
4
Pages
1000-1005
ISSN
  • 0039-2499 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4628
OpenAlex
W2003442589
Cited by
114
References
33
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FWCI
8.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Stroke (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Own your potential (DEAKIN) (submittedVersion)
  • NOVA (University of Newcastle Australia) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
depression screening, major depressive episode, psychological distress, PHQ-2, PHQ-9, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Beck Depression Inventory-II, Kessler K10, Distress Thermometer, screening tool validation, post-stroke depression
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Mental Disorders, Depression, Female, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Male, Manuals as Topic, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stroke

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