Common Mental Disorders Depression - New Zealand Doctor
Common Mental Disorders Depression - New Zealand Doctor
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Chapter 5 Recognition and assessment of common mental disorders in adults/pakeke<br />
Box 5.3<br />
Selected tools for assessing common mental disorders<br />
These are self-report measures:<br />
i<br />
• Patient Health Questionnaire for <strong>Depression</strong> (PHQ-9)*<br />
† ii<br />
• Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)<br />
iii, iv<br />
• Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment Tool (GAD-7)*<br />
‡<br />
• Alcohol Use <strong>Disorders</strong> Identification Test (AUDIT)*<br />
v<br />
# vi<br />
• The Case Finding and Help Assessment Tool (CHAT)<br />
Note: See Appendix D: Assessment Tools for <strong>Common</strong> <strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Disorders</strong> for links to the above tools.<br />
* Validated for use in primary care.<br />
†<br />
The K10 focuses on anxiety and depression. It has been validated for use in population surveys<br />
rather than primary care.<br />
‡<br />
Adapt for other substance misuse.<br />
#<br />
Validated using a pragmatic composite gold standard to check for tobacco use, alcohol and<br />
other drug misuse, problem gambling, and anger problems. Less reliable for exercise and eating<br />
disorders.<br />
Sources:<br />
i<br />
Spitzer RL, et al. JAMA 1999;282(18):1737–44 307<br />
ii<br />
Brooks RT, et al. Psychol Assess 2006;18(1):62–70. 308<br />
iii<br />
Kroenke K, et al. Ann Intern Med 2007;146(5):317–25. 298<br />
iv<br />
Spitzer RL, et al. Arch Intern Med 2006;166(10):1092–7. 324<br />
v<br />
Seale JP, et al. J Stud Alcohol 2006;67(5):778–84. 309<br />
vi<br />
Goodyear-Smith F, et al. Br J Gen Pract 2008;58(546):26–31. 305<br />
5.4 Assessment tools: evidence review<br />
A systematic review of the evidence on brief assessment tools for common mental<br />
disorders in adults/pakeke was undertaken. ‘Brief’ was defined as taking 5 minutes<br />
or less to administer.<br />
The relevant evidence comprised 4 systematic reviews 65,176,310,311 and 27 primary studies<br />
(some of which were included in the systematic reviews), which evaluated a total of<br />
18 different assessment tools. Tools for which evidence of effectiveness was found are<br />
discussed below. For several tools there was insufficient evidence of validity in a primary<br />
care setting: details of other studies and tools evaluated can be found in evidence table<br />
4d on the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Guidelines Group (NZGG) website (http://www.nzgg.org.nz –<br />
enter ‘evidence tables’ into search box, then select publication by title).<br />
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