[Depression detection in a general university hospital: comparison of data between 1987 and 2002].
A cross-sectional study was made at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil to detect depression in 299 non-psychiatric inpatients in 2002. This study was similar to another one made in 1987. In order to detect depression, PRIME-MD and Beck Depression Inventory were used. After discharge from the hospital, a survey was made in patient records set down by physicians and nurses looking for references on depression symptoms and/or diagnosis. The prevalence of depression was 34.6% (PRIME-MD) and 20.1% (BDI). A comparison between the data from 1987 and 2002 showed the same pattern of under-diagnosis. The paper presents considerations and alternatives to this same deficiency detected once again.
Machado
Sérgio Carlos Eduardo Pinto
SC
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre.
Goldim
José Roberto
JR
Fleck
Marcello Pio de Almeida
MP
Eizirik
Cláudio Laks
CL
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012737:Sex Factors