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. 2013 Apr 5;31(2):120–125. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1016/S0212-6567(03)79149-5

Prevalencia, expresión e impacto de los trastornos depresivos en atención primaria

Prevalence, expression and impact of depressive disorders in primary care

E Aragonès Benaiges a,*, MA Gutiérrez Pérez a, JL Piñol Moreso b, N Mèlich Teruel a, S Folch Pujol a, A Labad Alquézar c
PMCID: PMC7684161  PMID: 12609111

Abstract

Objective

To determine the prevalence and forms of clinical expression of depressive disorders in primary care patients. To analyse the under-detection of depression by primary care doctors.

Design

Descriptive and transversal study, with two-stage sampling.

Setting

Primary care consultations in the Camp de Tarragona area.

Participants

1000 consecutive patients visiting their doctor for any reason will make up the first-stage sample. Of these 350 go on to the second stage (all the positive results in the screening for depression test plus a random one-seventh of the negative results).

Main measurements

The first stage will consist of the screening of the sample for depressive disorders with Zung’s Self-Rating Depression Scale. In the sub-sample that will go on to the second stage, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders will be used to establish diagnoses of depressive disorders and other co-morbid psychiatric disorders. There will also be a range of specific questionnaires to find reasons for consultation and the form of presentation of an eventual depressive disorder, medical co-morbidity, medication taken, use of health services, the functional and vital repercussions of depression. A questionnaire for the patient’s G.P. will assess and detect depression.

Discussion

The study will enable us to check the validity for our patients of presuppositions on depression in primary care obtained from studies in other countries with different health structures and social and cultural conditioners, and to find diverse information extrapolated from specialist studies.

Key words: Depressive disorder, Dysthymic disorder, Co-morbidity, Quality of life, Somatization disorder, Primary health care

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