Depression Detection in Hospitalized Cardiac Patients

Author

Martine S. Geddes, Utah State University

Date of Award:

5-2010

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Kinesiology and Health Science

Department name when degree awarded

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

Committee Chair(s)

Phillip J. Waite

Committee

Phillip J. Waite

Committee

Julie Gast

Committee

Kim Openshaw

Abstract

Depression has been shown to increase an individual's risk for heart disease. Despite this finding, physicians are not identifying depression in their hospitalized cardiac patients. This study looked at hospitalized cardiac patients and determined whether their physicians were identifying depression in those that scored ≥ 5 on the PHQ-9 depression inventory. Methods included assessing patient depression during their stay at an intensive care unit using the PHQ-9. Those patients scoring ≥ 5 were determined as depressed. Chart audits were performed after the patient discharged from the hospital to discover whether physicians were identifying these patients as depressed. The results showed that out of 111 surveys, 83 had a score of ≥ 5, meaning that 74.7% of hospitalized cardiac patients have some type of depression while in the hospital, ranging from mild, moderate, or severe. Of those 83 patients, only 9 or 10% were identified as depressed by their physician during their stay at the hospital. Conclusions suggest that although depression appears to be prevalent in the hospitalized cardiac patient, physician detection of such is very low.

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Recommended Citation

Geddes, Martine S., "Depression Detection in Hospitalized Cardiac Patients" (2010). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 630.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/630