The Depression Scale (DEPS) as a case finder for depression in various subgroups of primary care patients

Poutanen, Outi; Koivisto, Anna‐Maija; Salokangas, Raimo K. R.

doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2008.06.007

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“…The self‐rating Depression Scale (DEPS) was developed in Finland as a method to screen for symptoms of depression in primary care patients 24 . The psychometric properties of the DEPS have been demonstrated and found good 25,26 . The DEPS comprises 10 items depicting various aspects of depressed mood (item examples: During the last month I have “Felt low in energy or slowed down”, “Had feelings of worthlessness”).…”

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Symptom severity in burning mouth syndrome associates with psychological factors

Forssell

Teerijoki-Oksa

Puukka

et al. 2020

J of Oral Rehabilitation

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Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) patients are psychologically distressed, but whether this associates with symptom severity is unclear. The aim was to investigate the association of psychological factors with pain intensity and interference in BMS. Fifty‐two women (mean age 63.1, SD 10.9) with BMS participated. Pain intensity and interference data were collected using 2‐week pain diaries. Psychological factors were evaluated using Depression Scale (DEPS), Pain Anxiety Symptom Scale (PASS) and Pain Vigilance and Awareness Questionnaire (PVAQ). The local ethical committee approved the study. Patients were divided into groups based on pain severity distribution tertiles: low intensity (NRS ≤ 3.7) or interference (NRS ≤ 2.9) (tertiles 1‐2, n = 35) and moderate to intense intensity (NRS > 3.7) or interference (>2.9) (tertile 3, n = 17). T test, Wilcoxon's test and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used in the analyses. Patients in the highest intensity and interference tertiles reported more depression (P = .0247 and P = .0169) and pain anxiety symptoms (P = .0359 and P = .0293), and were more preoccupied with pain (P = .0004 and P = .0003) than patients in the low intensity and interference groups. The score of the pain vigilance questionnaire correlated significantly with pain intensity (r = .366, P = .009) and interference (r = .482, P = .009). Depression (r = .399, P = .003) and pain anxiety symptoms (r = .452, P = .001) correlated with pain interference. Symptom severity in BMS associates with symptoms of psychological distress emphasising the need to develop multidimensional diagnostics for the assessment of BMS pain.

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Symptom severity in burning mouth syndrome associates with psychological factors

Forssell

Teerijoki-Oksa

Puukka

et al. 2020

J of Oral Rehabilitation

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“…Adolescents with scores Ͻ9 were classified as not depressed (coded as 0), those with scores between 9 and 11 were described as subclinically depressed (coded as 1), and those with scores Ն12 were described as clinically depressed (coded as 2) [22,23]. The DEPS instrument and its clinical cutoffs have demonstrated diagnostic and predictive validity in relation to clinical depression interviews [24] and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD) symptoms of depression [22,23,25].…”

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Is Depression Contagious? A Test of Alternative Peer Socialization Mechanisms of Depressive Symptoms in Adolescent Peer Networks

Kiuru

Burk

Laursen

et al. 2012

Journal of Adolescent Health

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“…The measure of musculoskeletal diseases was limited and may have produced underestimation. The assessment of depressive symptoms was based on the validated DEPS scale (19,20) that has been in active clinical use for screening of primary care patients. Also psychosocial workload was assessed using questions adapted from a validated questionnaire (22).…”

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“…These were assessed by a modified version of the validated Depression Scale (DEPS) (19,20) including 10 items concerning one's mood during the past month (suffered from insomnia, felt blue, felt everything was an effort, felt low in energy or slowed down, felt lonely, felt hopeless about the future, not having any fun in life, had feelings of worthlessness, felt all pleasure and joy has gone from life, felt unable to shake off the blues even with help from family and friends). Each item had originally five categories (1=never, 2=seldom, 3=sometimes, 4=quite often, 5=always), each of which was dichotomized to represent a depressive symptom (no=1-2, yes=3-5).…”

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Predictors of sickness absence related to musculoskeletal pain: a two-year follow-up study of workers in municipal kitchens

Haukka¹,

Kaila-Kangas²,

Luukkonen³

et al. 2014

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Predictors of sickness absence related to musculoskeletal pain: a two-year follow-up study of workers in municipal kitchens by Haukka E, Kaila-Kangas L, Luukkonen R, Takala E-P, Viikari-Juntura E, Leino-Arjas P We identified three distinct trajectories of sickness absence (SA) due to musculoskeletal pain among female kitchen workers during two years. Depressive symptoms, musculoskeletal diseases, and multisite pain predicted belonging to a trajectory of high and increasing SA, while multisite pain, smoking, and overweight or obesity predicted belonging to a trajectory of intermediate occurrence of SA. Original article Scand J Work Environ Health. 2014;40(3):278-286. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3415 Predictors of sickness absence related to musculoskeletal pain: a two-year follow-up study of workers in municipal kitchens Haukka E, Kaila-Kangas L, Luukkonen R, Takala E-P, Viikari-Juntura E, Leino-Arjas P. Predictors of sickness absence related to musculoskeletal pain: a two-year follow-up study of workers in municipal kitchens. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2014;40(3):278-286. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3415 AffiliationObjective We studied predictors of sickness absences (SA) due to musculoskeletal pain over two years among 386 municipal female kitchen workers.Methods Pain and SA periods (no/yes) due to pain in seven sites during the past three months were assessed at 3-month intervals over two years by questionnaire. Age, musculoskeletal pain, multisite pain (pain in ≥3 sites), musculoskeletal and other somatic diseases, depressive symptoms, physical and psychosocial workload, body mass index, smoking, and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) at baseline were considered as predictors. Trajectory analysis and multinomial logistic regression were used.Results Three trajectories of SA emerged, labelled as "none" (41% of the subjects), "intermediate" (48%), and "high" (11%). With the "none" trajectory (no SA) as reference, pain in all musculoskeletal sites excepting the low back predicted belonging to the "intermediate" [odds ratio (OR) 1.82-2.48] or "high" (OR 2.56-3.74) trajectory adjusted for age; multisite pain predicted membership of the "intermediate" [OR 2.15, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.38-3.34] or "high" (OR 4.66, 95% CI 2.10-10.3) trajectories. In a mutually adjusted final model, smoking (OR 2.12, 95% CI 1.22-3.69), multisite pain (OR 1.87, 95% CI 1.15-3.02), and overweight/obesity (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.08-2.72) predicted belonging to the "intermediate" trajectory, while depressive symptoms (OR 3.57, 95% CI 1.57-8.10), musculoskeletal diseases (OR 3.18, 95% CI 1.37-7.37), and multisite pain (OR 2.72, 95% CI 1.15-6.40) were associated with the "high" trajectory. ConclusionAlong with the number of pain sites and musculoskeletal diseases, attention to depressive symptoms, smoking, and overweight/obesity is needed to tackle SA related to musculoskeletal pain.

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The Depression Scale (DEPS) as a case finder for depression in various subgroups of primary care patients

Abstract: The DEPS is a valid case finder for primary care patients in the age group 18-64 years, and especially suitable for more highly educated patients. Future studies comparing the DEPS with other simple depression rating scales are needed.

Cited by 11 publications

References 45 publications

Symptom severity in burning mouth syndrome associates with psychological factors

Symptom severity in burning mouth syndrome associates with psychological factors

Is Depression Contagious? A Test of Alternative Peer Socialization Mechanisms of Depressive Symptoms in Adolescent Peer Networks

Predictors of sickness absence related to musculoskeletal pain: a two-year follow-up study of workers in municipal kitchens

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