Screening for depression in primary care: Will one or two items suffice?

‘Do you think you suffer from depression

‘Do you think you suffer from depression?’ Reevaluating the use of a single item question for the screening of depression in older primary care patients

✍ Liat Ayalon; Margalit Goldfracht; Per Bech 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 100 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## Objectives The majority of older adults seek depression treatment in primary care. Despite impressive efforts to integrate depression treatment into primary care, depression often remains undetected. The overall goal of the present study was to compare a single item screening for de