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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 1/2008

01-01-2008 | Original Article

Recognition of Depression by Non-psychiatric Physicians—A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis

Authors: Monica Cepoiu, MD, MSc, Jane McCusker, MD, DrPH, Martin G. Cole, MD, FRCP(C), Maida Sewitch, PhD, Eric Belzile, MSc, Antonio Ciampi, PhD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 1/2008

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Abstract

BACKGROUND

Depression, with up to 11.9% prevalence in the general population, is a common disorder strongly associated with increased morbidity. The accuracy of non-psychiatric physicians in recognizing depression may influence the outcome of the illness, as unrecognized patients are not offered treatment for depression.

OBJECTIVES

To describe and quantitatively summarize the existing data on recognition of depression by non-psychiatric physicians.

METHODS

We searched the following databases: MEDLINE (1966–2005), Psych INFO (1967–2005) and CINAHL (1982–2005). To summarize data presented in the papers reviewed, we calculated the Summary receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and the summary sensitivity, specificity and odds ratios (ORs) of recognition, and their 95% confidence intervals using the random effects model.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS

The summary sensitivity, specificity, and OR of recognition using the random effects model were: 36.4% (95% CI: 27.9–44.8), 83.7% (95% CI: 77.5–90.0), and 4.0 (95% CI: 3.2–4.9), respectively. We also calculated the Summary ROC. We performed a metaregression analysis, which showed that the method of documentation of recognition, the age of the sample, and the date of study publication have significant effect on the summary sensitivity and the odds of recognition, in the univariate model. Only the method of documentation had a significant effect on summary sensitivity, when the age of the sample and the date of publication were added to the model.

CONCLUSION

The accuracy of depression recognition by non-psychiatrist physicians is low. Further research should focus on developing standardized methods of documenting non-psychiatric physicians’ recognition of depression.
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Metadata
Title
Recognition of Depression by Non-psychiatric Physicians—A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis
Authors
Monica Cepoiu, MD, MSc
Jane McCusker, MD, DrPH
Martin G. Cole, MD, FRCP(C)
Maida Sewitch, PhD
Eric Belzile, MSc
Antonio Ciampi, PhD
Publication date
01-01-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0428-5

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