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Alabdulgader A, Mobarki AO, AlDuwayrij A, Albadran A, Almulhim MI, Almulhim A. Depression Screening for the Geriatric Population Visiting Primary Healthcare Centers in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia. Cureus 2021; 13:e17971. [PMID: 34667660 PMCID: PMC8516422 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.17971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Background Depression is considered one of the most common psychiatric disorders that affects more than 260 million people in all age groups worldwide. Yet, among the geriatric population, in which it can show nonspecific symptoms, depression can be easily underdiagnosed. The objectives of this study are to assess the prevalence of depression among the geriatric population in primary healthcare centers and to estimate the effects of different sociodemographic and medical factors. Methodology A total of 408 patients aged 60 years or older were approached in the primary healthcare centers of the eastern region of Saudi Arabia. Using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, patients were either interviewed or filled the questionnaire by themselves. Questions about sociodemographic data and medical and medication histories were included in the questionnaire. Results Of the 408 participants, 173 (42.4%) reported depressive symptoms; 115 (28.2%) of the participants had mild depression, 50 (12.3%) had moderate depression, and 8 (2%) reported moderately severe depression. Correlates of depression included elderly patients aged 75 years or more, of whom 78.9% showed depression compared to 39.3% of those who were 60-65 years old (P = 0.001). Furthermore, the female elderly showed higher rates of depression compared to males (52.8% vs. 35.7%; P = 0.001). A reported 81.1% of the elderly were diagnosed with chronic diseases; approximately half of them were depressed, while only 32.9% of the elderly free of diseases were depressed (P = 0.001). Conclusions The prevalence of depression is high among the elderly in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia, especially in those who complain of chronic diseases, older patients, and females. Screening for depression must be employed early to manage depressive symptoms and prevent further complications.
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- Abdulrhman Alabdulgader
- Internal Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City Riyadh, Ministry of the National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, SAU
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- Medicine and Surgery, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, SAU
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Paula TCS, Chagas C, Noto AR, Formigoni MLOS, Pereira TV, Ferri CP. Brief interventions for older adults (BIO) delivered by non-specialist community health workers to reduce at-risk drinking in primary care: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e043918. [PMID: 33980519 PMCID: PMC8118080 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Evidence suggests that brief interventions are effective in reducing alcohol consumption among older adults. However, the effectiveness of these interventions when delivered by community health workers (non-specialists) in a primary healthcare setting is unknown. To our knowledge, this will be the first randomised trial to examine this. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Two hundred and forty-two individuals considered at-risk drinkers (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption, AUDIT-C score ≥4) will be recruited and randomly allocated to usual care (waiting-list) or usual care plus an intervention delivered by trained community health workers (non-specialists). Seven primary care units (PCUs) in Sao José dos Campos, Brazil. PCUs are part of the Brazilian public healthcare system (Sistema Único de Saúde).Follow-up6 months.OutcomesThe primary outcome will be the proportion of participants considered at-risk drinkers (AUDIT-C score ≥4). Secondary outcomes will include alcohol consumption in a typical week in the last 30 days (in units per week) assessed by the AUDIT, service use questionnaire, cognitive performance-assessed by The Health and Retirement Study Harmonised Cognitive Assessment, physical activity-assessed by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, depression-assessed by the Geriatric Depression Scale and quality of life-assessed by the Control, Autonomy, Self-realisation and Pleasure-16 instrument. The analysis will be based on intention-to-treat principle. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION This study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo, CEP/UNIFESP Project n: 0690/2018; CAAE: 91648618.0.0000.5505. All eligible participants will provide informed consent prior to randomisation. The results of this study will be published in relevant peer-reviewed journals and in conference presentations. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER RBR-8rcxkk.
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- Department of Psychobiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Psychobiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Applied Health Research Centre, St Michael's Hospital Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Psychobiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Psychiatry, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Health Technology Assessment Unit, Centro Internacional de Pesquisa, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Scoppetta O, Cassiani-Miranda CA, Arocha-Díaz KN, Cabanzo-Arenas DF, Campo-Arias A. Validity of the patient health questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) for the detection of depression in primary care in Colombia. J Affect Disord 2021; 278:576-582. [PMID: 33032028 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.09.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Revised: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The PHQ-2 is a screening test for major depressive disorder (MDD) derived from PHQ-9, which has shown to be useful in the detection of cases of clinical significance in previous studies. The psychometric properties of PHQ-2 in the Colombian population are unknown. METHODS PHQ-2 were assessed in 243 patients in general medical consultations using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) as the gold standard. Internal consistency, convergent validity and criterion validity were calculated by analyzing the Receptor Operating Characteristics (ROC) and the area under the curve (AUC). RESULTS Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients were 0.71. Spearman's rho coefficients for correlations with PHQ-9 and HADS-D scores were 0.63 and 0.59 (p<0.01). AUC was 0.89. The optimal cut point was ≥2 with the following indicators: sensitivity 0.87 specificity 0.74; Youden index 0.60; PPV 0.47; NPV 0.95; (LR+) 3.24; (LR-) 0.18 (95% CI 0.09-0.37). Kappa coefficient between PHQ-2 and MINI for depression was .458 and 0.46 for HADS-D. LIMITATIONS Since this study was done with people attending hospital, which could has implications for the prevalence of depression, affecting the validity indicators of the instrument. CONCLUSIONS PHQ-2 show an acceptable test performance in the context of the study. However, the test could yield a considerable amount of false positives that would require specialized evaluation to establish a reliable diagnosis.
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- Orlando Scoppetta
- Universidad Católica de Colombia, Faculty of Psychology, GAEM Group (Research methods applied to behavioral sciences), Bogotá, Colombia
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- Universidad de Santander, Faculty of Health Sciences, medicine program, Neurosciences Research Group, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
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- Universidad de Santander, Faculty of Health Sciences, medicine program, Neurosciences Research Group, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Universidad de Santander, Faculty of Health Sciences, medicine program, Neurosciences Research Group, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Universidad del Magdalena, Faculty of Health Sciences, Health Psychology and Psychiatry Research Group, Santa Marta, Colombia
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Tariq A, Beihai T, Abbas N, Ali S, Yao W, Imran M. Role of Perceived Social Support on the Association between Physical Disability and Symptoms of Depression in Senior Citizens of Pakistan. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:E1485. [PMID: 32106585 PMCID: PMC7084927 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17051485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An emerging body of literature has implied that perceived social support is known as an upstream element of cognitive health. Various dimensions of perceived social support may have divergent influence on physical and cognitive health in later life. The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of perceived social support on the relationship between physical disability and symptoms of depression in senior citizens of Pakistan. The data were collected from three metropolitan cities (Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan) in the Punjab province of Pakistan and 100 participants were approached from each city with a total sample size of 300. The results demonstrated that family support, friends' support, and significant others' support mediated the association between physical disability and symptoms of depression, with an indirect effect of 0.024, 0.058, and 0.034, respectively. The total direct and indirect effect was 0.493. Physical disability was directly associated with symptoms of depression and greater physical disability predicted a higher level of symptoms of depression. Perceived social support, including family support, friends' support, and significant others' support, showed an indirect association with symptoms of depression. Furthermore, family support and friends' support were more significantly associated with symptoms of depression as compared to significant others' support. The research discoveries have better implications for health care professionals, hospice care workers, and policy makers. A holistic approach is required to prevent senior citizens from late-life mental disorders.
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- Azam Tariq
- Department of Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China;
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- Department of Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China;
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- Institute of Social & Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54000, Pakistan;
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- College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China;
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- Department of Social Security, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China;
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
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Zhong BL, Xu YM, Xie WX, Liu XJ, Huang ZW. Depressive Symptoms in Elderly Chinese Primary Care Patients: Prevalence and Sociodemographic and Clinical Correlates. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2019; 32:312-318. [PMID: 31480989 DOI: 10.1177/0891988719862620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms (depression thereafter) and to identify the sociodemographic and clinical correlates of depression in a sample of elderly patients treated in the primary care setting in Wuhan, China. BACKGROUND Primary care is an opportune setting for the management of late-life depression in China, but there have been no representative studies on the clinical epidemiology of depression in elderly Chinese primary care patients. METHODS In total, 752 elderly patients (≥ 65 years) were consecutively recruited from 13 primary care centers in Wuhan, China, and interviewed with a standardized questionnaire. Depression was assessed with the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15). RESULTS Of the elderly Chinese primary care patients, 30.6% had depression (GDS-15 ≥ 5). Correlates of depression were an education level of primary school or less (odds ratio [OR]: 1.94, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.36-2.77, P < .001), poor financial status (OR: 2.19, 95% CI: 1.16-4.15, P = .016), lack of an exercise habit (OR: 1.40, 95% CI: 1.06-1.74, P = .023), 2 or more chronic medical conditions (OR: 1.90, 95% CI: 1.34-2.69, P < .001), and loneliness (OR: 3.53, 95% CI: 2.46-5.08, P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Depression is prevalent among elderly Chinese primary care patients, indicating that elderly patients treated in primary care have a high level of need for mental health services in China. There is an urgent need to integrate mental health services into primary health care.
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- Bao-Liang Zhong
- 1 Research Center for Psychological and Health Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China.,2 Affiliated Wuhan Mental Health Center, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- 2 Affiliated Wuhan Mental Health Center, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- 3 Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- 2 Affiliated Wuhan Mental Health Center, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- 2 Affiliated Wuhan Mental Health Center, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Xie H, Peng W, Yang Y, Zhang D, Sun Y, Wu M, Zhang J, Jia J, Su Y. Social Support as a Mediator of Physical Disability and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Elderly. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2018; 32:256-262. [PMID: 29579521 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2017.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The relationship between physical disability and depressive symptoms has been associated with social support. Different aspects of social support may play distinct roles in health-related quality of life. The aim of this study was to examine the mediation of social support in the relationship between physical disability and depressive symptoms among old people in Mainland China. Subjective support and utilization of support mediated the relationship between ADL and depressive symptoms, with the indirect effect of subjective support and utilization of support at 0.038 and 0.030 respectively (the total effect was 0.180). Subjective support was negatively associated with depressive symptoms in independent elderly people, utilization of support was negatively associated with depressive symptoms in partially dependent elderly people, and utilization of support had a greater association with geriatric depressive symptoms than subjective support in severely dependent elderly people. Social support mechanism and positive psychological intervention should be established and introduced in accordance with the physical disability of the elderly people, to protect them from depressive symptoms.
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- Hui Xie
- School of Nursing, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China; School of Nursing, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233030, Anhui, China
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- Preventive Medicine department, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233030, Anhui, China
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- School of Nursing, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China.
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- School of Nursing, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
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- School of Nursing, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
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- School of Nursing, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
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- School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China; Department of Sociology, State University of New York Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY, USA.
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- Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China.
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- School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China.
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