Prognostic Utility of a Self-Reported Depression Questionnaire versus Clinician-Based Assessment on Renal Outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS: QIDS-SR16 cutoff ≥8 adds to the prognostic information available to practicing nephrologists during routine clinic visits from comorbidities and laboratory data. This cutoff score performs similar to a clinician diagnosis of MDD and provides a feasible and time-saving alternative to an interview-based MDD diagnosis for determining prognosis in CKD patients.
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Source: American Journal of Nephrology - September 2, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Jain N, Carmody T, Minhajuddin AT, Toups M, Trivedi MH, Rush AJ, Hedayati SS Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research