• Support Care Cancer · Nov 2011

    Comparative Study

    Identifying tumor patients' depression.

    • Susanne Singer, Anna Brown, Jens Einenkel, Johann Hauss, Andreas Hinz, Andrea Klein, Kirsten Papsdorf, Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg, and Elmar Brähler.
    • Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. susanne.singer@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
    • Support Care Cancer. 2011 Nov 1;19(11):1697-703.

    PurposeThe aim of this study was to compare the precision of two different methods in detecting clinical depression in tumor patients: the use of a screening questionnaire versus the assessment by health care providers (nurses and doctors).MethodsDuring their first days of inpatient cancer treatment, tumor patients were interviewed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID). Their physicians and nurses were asked to assess the mental health of the patients and their need for professional psychosocial support. Additionally, every patient completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).ResultsOut of 329 patients, 28 were diagnosed with either a major or a minor depression according to the SCID. Physicians assessed 15 of the depressed patients as being depressed (sensitivity, 0.54; specificity, 0.38). Nurses identified 19 (sensitivity, 0.68; specificity, 0.45) and the HADS 27 (sensitivity, 0.96; specificity, 0.50) of the depressed patients.ConclusionThe HADS performed well in detecting depressed cancer patients in acute oncological care, whereas physicians and nurses often were unable to recognize depressed patients.

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