title: Prevalence and correlates of depressive syndromes among adults visiting an Indian Health Service primary care clinic.
abstract: Depression is common among patients visiting primary care clinics. In order to describe the prevalence of depressive syndromes in an American Indian primary care clinic population and to help define the clinical correlates of depressive syndromes in this setting, a clinic-based research study of depression was undertaken by the Indian Health Service (IHS). One hundred and six patients from an IHS primary care clinic were systematically enlisted for participation in the study. Participants completed the Inventory for Diagnosing Depression (IDD). Twenty-two (20.7%) responded with answers scoring positive for a depressive syndrome. Nine of these 22 (8.9% of the 106 participants) met IDD criteria for a major depressive syndrome. A diagnosis of depression, a past history of depression, use of mental health facilities, unexplained pains, and antidepressant medication use were associated with the presence of a depressive syndrome.
authors.affiliation: United States Public Health Service, Mescalero Indian Hospital, NM 88340, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Civic
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Glass
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015206:Southwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D013577:Syndrome; D014481:United States; D016549:United States Indian Health Service