Prevalence of clinically significant depressive symptoms in black and white patients in family practice settings.
The authors administered the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale to 764 black and 773 white adult outpatients in primary care settings. There was no significant difference between the races in prevalence of depressive symptoms or distribution of symptom severity levels.
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Department of Psychiatry, DUKE University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27705
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D010555:Personality Inventory