Using mHealth technologies to improve the identification of behavioral health problems in urban primary care settings:

SAGE Open Medicine

MarthaStaeheli¹ 

关键词: Risk screening;    urban health;    behavioral health;    primary care;    mHealth;    technology;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2050312117712656

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Introduction:Behavioral health disorders remain under recognized and under diagnosed among urban primary care patients. Screening patients for such problems is widely recommended, yet is challenging to do in a brief primary care encounter, particularly for this socially and medically complex patient population.Methods:In 2013, intervention patients at an urban Connecticut primary clinic were screened for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and risky drinking (n = 146) using an electronic tablet-based screening tool. Screening data were compared to electronic health record data from control patients (n = 129) to assess differences in the prevalence of behavioral health problems, rates of follow-up care, and the rate of newly identified cases in the intervention group.Results:Results from logistic regressions indicated that both groups had similar rates of disorder at baseline. Patients in the intervention group were five times more likely to be identified with depression (p < 0.05). Post-traumatic ...

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