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- Title
Depression Screening in Chronic Disease Management.
- Authors
Jensen, Elizabeth; Dumas, Bonnie P.; Edlund, Barbara J.
- Abstract
This pilot project aimed to improve depression symptoms and quality-of-life measures for individuals in a worksite disease management program. Two hundred forty-three individuals were invited to participate, out of which 69 enrolled. The participants had a history of diabetes, hypertension, or hyperlipidemia, and demonstrated depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire–9 (PHQ-9). The project consisted of counseling sessions provided every 2 to 4 weeks by a family nurse practitioner. PHQ-9 scores and those of an instrument that measures quality of life, the Veteran’s Rand–12 (VR-12), were compared pre-intervention and post-intervention to evaluate the effectiveness of the project. PHQ-9 and VR-12 Mental Health Component (MHC) scores improved significantly after 3 months of nurse practitioner-led individual counseling sessions. This project demonstrated that depression screening and therapeutic management, facilitated by a nurse practitioner, can improve depression and perceived quality of life in individuals with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, or type 2 diabetes.
- Subjects
MENTAL depression risk factors; CHRONIC diseases; COUNSELING; DIABETES; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL screening; QUALITY assurance; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; PILOT projects; PRE-tests &; post-tests; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Workplace Health & Safety, 2016, Vol 64, Issue 3, p89
- ISSN
2165-0799
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/2165079915608404