Specialty: Injuries and emergencies, Primary sub-specialty: Pre-hospital and Emergency Department Care
Conditions
Interventions
This is a phase 3 diagnostic accuracy study assessing the diagnostic accuracy, inter-rater reliability, internal validity and acceptability of a two-stage screening tool for the identification of depr
Sponsors
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients 65 years and older presenting to the Emergency Department during the study period.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients in whom the clinical severity of the illness, or the treatments being administered preclude assessment for depression, in the judgement of the clinician providing care for that patient 2. Patients who refuse to, or cannot provide informed consent to enter into the study 3. Patients whose mental status precludes inclusion into the study due to inability to cooperate with or understand the assessment process, in the judgement of the clinician providing care for that patient 4. Patients less than 65 years old
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sensitivity and specificity of the diagnostic questionnaire compared to the assessment of a CPN, using the ICD10 criteria for clinical depression is assessed on the study visit. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical depression is measured against the DSM10 criteria, when patients are assessed by a psychiatric liaison nurse (trained CPN) within 12 hours of the patient's initial assessment by the research team. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactIan Sammy
Outcome results
None listed