ArticleJournal of primary care & community health
Mental Health Screening Differences in Non-English Speaking Patients: Results From a Retrospective Cohort Study.
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- Exploring Multidisciplinary Approaches to Comorbid Psychiatric and Medical Disorders: A Scoping Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Association between sociodemographic factors, clinic characteristics and mental health screening rates in primary care.PloS one · 2024Article
- Translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 in Kinyarwanda for primary care in the United States.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeTo assess differences in mental health screening based on patient's preferred language.
methodsFor this retrospective cohort study, data for 85 725 unique patients from 10 primary care clinics in West Michigan were analyzed if patients received at least 1 mental health screening with the Patient Health Questionnaire 4 (PHQ-4) within a 12-month period (10/15/2021-10/14/2022). A general linear regression model was used to assess the adjusted odds ratios (aOR) of being screened.
resultsPatients having a preferred language other than English (n = 2755) had an 87.0% chance of receiving the recommended mental health screening, compared to 76.7% of English-speaking patients (
conclusionsResults highlight the inequities between the language groups that are probably the result of the challenges to access multilingual depression and anxiety screening instruments. Furthermore, providers may be prone to bias about who they think "needs" a mental health screening. We suggest that measures are implemented to ensure consistency in mental health screening regardless of a patients' preferred language.
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