Table 2.
Patients by visit type, encounter department, screening outcome categories, depression and suicide risk symptomatology
| (n,%/mean,sd) | Total Number of Patients Screened (N=95,613) |
Total Number of Active Screening Months (to 8/31/2020) |
Presented with Primary Medical Concern n= 91,436 |
Presented with Primary Psychiatric Concern n= 4,177 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encounter Department | |||||
| Specialty Clinic | 38,668 | 53 | 38,160 (98.7%) | 508 (1.3%) | <.001 |
| ED | 31,610 | 39 | 28,153 (89.1%) | 3,457 (10.9%) | |
| Primary Care | 19,645 | 16 | 19,590 (99.7%) | 55 (0.3%) | |
| Urgent Care | 3,015 | 9 | 3,002 (99.6%) | 13 (0.4%) | |
| Inpatient Unit | 2,675 | 39 | 2,531 (94.6%) | 144 (5.4%) | |
| Screening Outcome Category | |||||
| Negative Depression | 89,405 | 87,640 (98.0%) | 1,765 (2.0%) | <.001 | |
| Positive Depression | 2,266 | 1,986 (87.6%) | 280 (12.4%) | ||
| Elevated Suicide Risk | 3,942 | 1,810 (45.9%) | 2,132 (54.1%) | ||
| PHQ-9 Sum Score | 13.0 (6.4) | 11.4 (6.0) | 16.8 (5.8) | <.001 | |
| C-SSRS Sum Score | 4.1 (1.5) | 3.9 (1.7) | 4.2 (1.5) | <.001 | |
There were significant differences in encounter department (p= <.001), screening category (p= <.001), PHQ-9 sum score (p= <.001), and C-SSRS sum score (p= <.001).