TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Depression
KW - Depression/diagnosis/epidemiology
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Mass Screening/methods
KW - Minnesota/epidemiology
KW - Nurse Practitioners
KW - Physician's Practice Patterns/statistics & numerical data
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Screening
AU - L. A. Taliaferro
AU - J. Hetler
AU - G. Edwall
AU - C. Wright
AU - A. R. Edwards
AU - I. W. Borowsky
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: To compare depression identification and management perceptions and practices between professions and disciplines in primary care and examine factors that increase the likelihood of administering a standardized depression screening instrument, asking about patients' depressive symptoms, and using best practice when managing depressed adolescents. METHODS: Data came from an online survey of clinicians in Minnesota (20% response rate). Analyses involved bivariate tests and linear regressions. RESULTS: The analytic sample comprised 260 family medicine physicians, 127 pediatricians, 96 family nurse practitioners, and 54 pediatric nurse practitioners. Overall, few differences emerged between physicians and nurse practitioners or family and pediatric clinicians regarding addressing depression among adolescents. Two factors associated with administering a standardized instrument included having clear protocols for follow-up after depression screening and feeling better prepared to address depression among adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: Enhancing clinicians' competence to address depression and developing postscreening protocols could help providers implement universal screening in primary care.
BT - Clinical pediatrics
C5 - Education & Workforce; Healthcare Disparaties
CP - 6
CY - United States
DO - 10.1177/0009922813483874
IS - 6
JF - Clinical pediatrics
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To compare depression identification and management perceptions and practices between professions and disciplines in primary care and examine factors that increase the likelihood of administering a standardized depression screening instrument, asking about patients' depressive symptoms, and using best practice when managing depressed adolescents. METHODS: Data came from an online survey of clinicians in Minnesota (20% response rate). Analyses involved bivariate tests and linear regressions. RESULTS: The analytic sample comprised 260 family medicine physicians, 127 pediatricians, 96 family nurse practitioners, and 54 pediatric nurse practitioners. Overall, few differences emerged between physicians and nurse practitioners or family and pediatric clinicians regarding addressing depression among adolescents. Two factors associated with administering a standardized instrument included having clear protocols for follow-up after depression screening and feeling better prepared to address depression among adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: Enhancing clinicians' competence to address depression and developing postscreening protocols could help providers implement universal screening in primary care.
PP - United States
PY - 2013
SN - 1938-2707; 0009-9228
SP - 557
EP - 567
EP - 
T1 - Depression screening and management among adolescents in primary care: factors associated with best practice
T2 - Clinical pediatrics
TI - Depression screening and management among adolescents in primary care: factors associated with best practice
U1 - Education & Workforce; Healthcare Disparaties
U2 - 23572448
U3 - 10.1177/0009922813483874
VL - 52
VO - 1938-2707; 0009-9228
Y1 - 2013
ER -