ArticleJournal of primary care & community health
Increasing Identification and Follow-Up of Older Adult Depression in Primary Care.
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- Worry and Anxiety in the Era of Early Diagnosis and Disease Modifying Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Review
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depression Among Elderly Hypertensive Patients in Vietnam.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- One-Year Changes in Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Function Among Brazilian Older Adults Attending Primary Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Higher dietary vitamin D intake influences brain and mental function in elderly Americans: a cross-sectional analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Pilot study of a high-intensity interval training program in older adults: Safety, feasibility, functional fitness and cognitive effects.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Improving Mental Health Outcomes in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder in the Gulf States: A Review of the Role of Electronic Enablers in Monitoring Residual Symptoms.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Review
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Abstract
introductionDepression is a common mental health disorder faced by older adults that can go undetected and untreated. It was determined that the project site was not screening for depression among their older patient population. Aims: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to determine if the implementation of the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (GDS-15) would impact the identification of risk factors for depression and follow-up among adults 65 and older.
methodsImplementation started in June 2021 in a primary care office in Southern California. Data was collected for this project over a total of 8 weeks. This project was a quality improvement project designed to implement routine depression screening among older adult patients using the GDS-15. Depressive symptoms were identified, and follow-up and treatment for depression in primary care was initiated if indicated by GDS-15 scores. Data were obtained from the project site's electronic medical record on a total sample size of 443 patients (n = 252 in the comparison group and n = 191 in the implementation group).
resultsA chi-square test indicated a clinical and statistically significant improvement in the identification rate of depression, X2 (1, N = 443) = 49.76,
conclusionsFindings of this project suggest all older adults should receive a depression screening routinely in primary care to increase the recognition of depression as well as follow-up and treatment.
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