Screening for Depression in Adults: A Summary of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Abstract

See related article on pp 760-764.

Modelling the impact of compliance with dietary recommendations on cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality in Canada

“…Primary health care has the advantages of providing cost-effective services while integrating continuity and comprehensiveness of care and being regarded as the most accessible point of care within the system [42]. Although access to dieticians would be valuable, previous reports suggest that counseling on simple dietary recommendations could be efficiently disseminated by a variety of primary care health professionals [43]. However, primary care professionals sometimes feel inadequately trained to provide nutrition advice, suggesting that their education programs should include opportunities to learn basic nutritional guidelines and acquire skills to provide counseling on these guidelines [44].…”

“…Yet, it should be noted that estimates for fruit and vegetable in this paper imply that increases of one portion produces the same relative change in risk regardless of the current level of consumption. Although the data included in the meta-analysis suggest that the association is log-linear [42,43], it is possible that the relationship becomes non-log-linear at very high levels of consumption not detected within the studies included in the analyses.…”

Canadian Cardiovascular Society consensus conference recommendations on heart failure 2006: Diagnosis and management

“…Depression and heart failure share common clinical features in elderly patients, including weight gain, sleep disturbances, fatigue, poor energy and cognitive disturbances (134). A number of instruments exist to screen for depression in the elderly, and while none is clearly superior, the Geriatric Depression Scale may be advantageous in identifying patients with mild depression (135). Short versions of the Geriatric Depression Scale have been validated and have acceptable psychometric properties (136).…”

Psychosoziale Belastungsfaktoren als Risiko für das Auftreten einer koronaren Herzerkrankung - Eine Bestandsaufnahme unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der KORA-Forschungsplattform

“…Depressive Erkrankungen sind häufig, vielfach chronisch und kostspielig [19]. Häufigkeitsschätzungen auf der Basis US-amerikanischer, bevölkerungsbezogener Surveys gehen von einer Punktprävalenz (innerhalb der letzten vier Wochen) von 1,8 % bis 3,3 % und einer Lebensprävalenz bei Erwachsenen von 4,9 % bis 17,1 % aus [20].…”