Assessing the performance of a new depression screener for primary care (PC-SAD©)

Rogers, William H.; Wilson, Ira B.; Bungay, Kathleen M.; Cynn, Diane J.; Adler, David A.

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Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 164-175, February 2002

Assessing the performance of a new depression screener for primary care (PC-SAD©)

William H. Rogers
- The Health Institute, Division of Clinical Care Research, Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center (NEMC), 750 Washington Street, Box 345, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Ira B. Wilson
- The Health Institute, Division of Clinical Care Research, Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center (NEMC), 750 Washington Street, Box 345, Boston, MA 02111, USA
- Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Kathleen M. Bungay
- The Health Institute, Division of Clinical Care Research, Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center (NEMC), 750 Washington Street, Box 345, Boston, MA 02111, USA
- Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Diane J. Cynn
- The Health Institute, Division of Clinical Care Research, Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center (NEMC), 750 Washington Street, Box 345, Boston, MA 02111, USA
David A. Adler
- The Health Institute, Division of Clinical Care Research, Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center (NEMC), 750 Washington Street, Box 345, Boston, MA 02111, USA
- Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, NEMC, Boston, MA, USA
- Corresponding author. Tel.: 617-626-8755; fax: 617-636-8351. E-mail address:(D.A. Adler)

Received 28 November 2000; received in revised form 27 July 2001; accepted 30 July 2001.

Abstract

As many as 50% of patients with major depression seen in primary care settings are not diagnosed. To facilitate efficient identification of primary care patients with depression, we developed a new patient-administered depression screening instrument (PC-SAD

Keywords: PC-SAD©, Depression, Depression screening