title: [Accuracy of diagnosis of depression in patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus].
abstract: This study assesses the clinical accuracy of physicians (Specialists in Endocrinology and Nutrition: SEN) to make the diagnosis of depression in patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1). This study involved 11 SEN physicians, and 153 patients with DM1. The diagnosis of depression was performed using the SCID-1 structured interview and clinical assessment. From the initial sample, 50 patients were randomly selected (imposing the condition that it was included 25 patients with depression and 25 without depression). The results show that clinicians performed a higher percentage of negative diagnoses (patients without depression) than positive ones (patients with depression). A significant percentage of patients with depression were not diagnosed (25%). It therefore seems necessary to provide adequate clinical protocols to evaluate the presence of this disorder in DM1, as well as continuing research into the diagnostic process for clinical decision making.
authors: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga , Spain. anarte@uma.es
authors: María Teresa
authors: MT
authors: Anarte Ortiz
authors: Mónica
authors: M
authors: Carreira Soler
authors: María Seledad Ruiz de Adana
authors: MS
authors: Navas
authors: Francisco Félix
authors: FF
authors: Caballero Díaz
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Godoy Ávila
authors: Federico C
authors: FC
authors: Soriguer Escofet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results