Senior Rehab Project - Physical Therapy | Rehabilitation | Geriatrics

SHORTS: Depression in Older Adults - Screening and Referral #YouCouldSaveALife Vieira E, Brown E, Raue P. Depression in Older Adults: Screening and Referral. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 2014;37(1), 24-30. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23619921 PHQ-2 Tips: Link to PHQ-2: http://www.cqaimh.org/pdf/tool_phq2.pdf Patients with a PHQ-2 score of 2 or 3 (depending on the patient population) should be referred for further evaluation. Scoring involves adding the results from the two items. The PHQ-2 with a cutoff score of 3 has 87% sensitivity and 78% specificity for depression The following suggested information content, organizational format, and example come from “Nuts and Bolts: Organization for Depression Case Presentation” Identify yourself, your place or employment and your relationship with the patient Identify Patient: I am calling you about your patient Mr./Ms. __________whom I suspect has depression. Age, Marital Status, Race, Gender Current Symptoms (duration, pervasiveness) Suicidal Ide