Screening Test for Depression Using the SF-36 Health Survey in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 434-439, 2007.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-724427
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the usefulness of the mental component summary (MCS) from the short form 36-item health survey (SF-36) as a screening test for depression in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and identify the optimal cut-off value that predicts a positive depression score measured by the center for epidemiological study depression survey (CES-D).METHOD:
This study was designed as a questionnaire survey. 502 patients who visited our outpatient clinics due to chronic musculoskeletal pain were evaluated. They completed the SF-36 and the CES-D. The correlation between the MCS score from the SF-36 and the CES-D was identified, and also the cut-off value of the MCS score was determined with ROC curves used the CES-D as the standard measure for depression. The MCS scores were compared according to age, sex, duration of diseases, diagnosis, and the presence of depression.RESULTS:
The mean overall score of CES-D and the MCS score were 17.5+/-10.2, 52.2+/-16.4 respectively. The MCS scores negatively correlated with the CES-D (gamma=-0.879, p0.05). However, patients with depression had significantly lower MCS scores than patients without depression (p<0.05). The cut-off value was 42.4 with 88.1% of sensitivity and 92.6% of specificity.CONCLUSION:
The MCS scores would be useful screening test for depression with cut-off value of 42.4 that predicts the closest result of the CES-D.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Epidemiologic Studies
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Mass Screening
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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ROC Curve
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Health Surveys
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Depression
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Diagnosis
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Musculoskeletal Pain
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Chronic Pain
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Screening study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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