title: Screening for Depression in Latino Immigrants: A Systematic Review of Depression Screening Instruments Translated into Spanish.
abstract: The research on the diagnostic accuracy of Spanish language depression-screening instruments continues to be scarce in the US. Under-detection of depression by Primary Care Providers is approximately 50 % in the general population and this rate may be even higher for Latino immigrants for whom the depression rate tends to be higher than for non-Hispanic Whites. This systematic review shows that there is still limited evidence that guides primary care-based depression screening for Spanish speakers. The economic, social, and human costs of depression are high and complex; yet improvements in the effectiveness of treatment cannot be made available to sufferers of the disorder if they go undetected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Development and Family Relations, East Carolina University, 612 East 10th Street, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA. limonf13@students.ecu.edu.
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Limon
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Development and Family Relations, East Carolina University, 612 East 10th Street, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA.
authors.forename: Angela L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lamson
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Development and Family Relations, East Carolina University, 612 East 10th Street, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, East Carolina University, 612 East 10th Street, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bowler
authors.affiliation: Broody School of Medicine, Psychiatric Medicine, East Carolina University, 612 East 10th Street, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA.
authors.forename: Sy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saeed
mesh_terms: D054521:Cultural Competency; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Depression; Hispanic; Latino immigrants; Latinos; Major depression; Screening; Spanish speaking; Under-detection; Under-diagnosed