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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
QOF questions designed to screen for depression are providing substandard results when used for people with diabetes, researchers have claimed.
The conclusions came in a study involving 40 patients ? 20 men and 20 women ? aged 35-83 and with a mean duration of diabetes of 13 years.
The study, published in the journal Diabetic Medicine, reopens the debate about the usefulness of the QOF questions for screening for depression. Last summer NICE recommended removing depression indicators from the QOF following GP concerns that they are ineffective and lead to over-diagnosis, but ultimately they were retained.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsart...screening-for-depression-in-diabetes-patients
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The conclusions came in a study involving 40 patients ? 20 men and 20 women ? aged 35-83 and with a mean duration of diabetes of 13 years.
The study, published in the journal Diabetic Medicine, reopens the debate about the usefulness of the QOF questions for screening for depression. Last summer NICE recommended removing depression indicators from the QOF following GP concerns that they are ineffective and lead to over-diagnosis, but ultimately they were retained.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsart...screening-for-depression-in-diabetes-patients
(free registration required)