TY - JOUR
KW - ORS
KW - PHQ-9
KW - primary care screens
AU - B. DeSantis
AU - M. J. Jackson
AU - B. L. Duncan
AU - R. J. Reese
A1 - 
AB - Introduction The integration of behavioral health services into primary care has led to enhanced use of brief screening measures to identify mental health problems. Although useful, such instruments are largely symptom based and diagnosis specific. This narrow focus can potentially limit the identification of broader social or relational distress in patients that affect medical outcomes, as well as present feasibility challenges using a multi-measure approach in identifying mental health comorbidities. METHOD: This exploratory study of adult primary care patients compared an ultra-brief, and widely used measure of global distress across life functioning, the Outcome Rating Scale (ORS), with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9 and PHQ-2). RESULTS: Correlations between the ORS and the PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 indicated agreement between the measures in classifying patients, and the ORS identified significantly more patients in the clinical range. Discussion Although results are preliminary, the ORS may cast a wider net in identifying patients with significant distress in primary care.
BT - Primary health care research & development
C5 - Measures
CP - 2
CY - England
DO - 10.1017/S1463423616000311
IS - 2
JF - Primary health care research & development
N2 - Introduction The integration of behavioral health services into primary care has led to enhanced use of brief screening measures to identify mental health problems. Although useful, such instruments are largely symptom based and diagnosis specific. This narrow focus can potentially limit the identification of broader social or relational distress in patients that affect medical outcomes, as well as present feasibility challenges using a multi-measure approach in identifying mental health comorbidities. METHOD: This exploratory study of adult primary care patients compared an ultra-brief, and widely used measure of global distress across life functioning, the Outcome Rating Scale (ORS), with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9 and PHQ-2). RESULTS: Correlations between the ORS and the PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 indicated agreement between the measures in classifying patients, and the ORS identified significantly more patients in the clinical range. Discussion Although results are preliminary, the ORS may cast a wider net in identifying patients with significant distress in primary care.
PP - England
PY - 2017
SN - 1477-1128; 1463-4236
SP - 188
EP - 193
EP - 
T1 - Casting a wider net in behavioral health screening in primary care: a preliminary study of the Outcome Rating Scale
T2 - Primary health care research & development
TI - Casting a wider net in behavioral health screening in primary care: a preliminary study of the Outcome Rating Scale
U1 - Measures
U2 - 27609138
U3 - 10.1017/S1463423616000311
VL - 18
VO - 1477-1128; 1463-4236
Y1 - 2017
ER -