title: [Depression detection in a general university hospital: comparison of data between 1987 and 2002].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre.
authors.forename: Sérgio Carlos Eduardo Pinto
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: José Roberto
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Goldim
authors.forename: Marcello Pio de Almeida
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Fleck
authors.forename: Cláudio Laks
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Eizirik
mesh_terms: 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