caa a22 4500 397498950 CHVBK 20180308164528.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199512 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/fampra/12.4.461 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/fampra/12.4.461 Dowrick Christopher Department of Primary Care, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK Does testing for depression influence diagnosis or management by general practitioners? [Elektronische Daten] [Christopher Dowrick] This study set out to assess the effects on diagnosis and management of providing general practitioners with feedback of patients' scores on a depression screening instrument. One hundred and sixteen general practice attenders aged 16-64 with undetected depression were identified using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The BDI scores of a random 45% were disclosed to the general practitioners. Subjects and medical casenotes were reviewed over 12 months. Thirty-one (27%) of subjects were later diagnosed as depressed. Rates of diagnosis were higher in the disclosed group, but only after six months. Rates of intention to treat were low, but were marginally higher for the disclosed group; they were much higher for patients diagnosed by the doctors themselves. Feedback of screening questionnaire results appears to be of limited value in enhancing general practitioners' detection or management of depression. © Oxford University Press Psychological problems nationallicence Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/4(1995-12), 461-465 0263-2136 12:4<461 1995 12 famprj https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.4.461 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 other jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.4.461 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Dowrick Christopher Department of Primary Care, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/4(1995-12), 461-465 0263-2136 12:4<461 1995 12 famprj Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford