Optimizing screening for depression, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder in inpatient addiction treatment : A preliminary investigation

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OBJECTIVE: Substance use disorders (SUD) are frequently comorbid with other psychiatric conditions, but a comprehensive diagnostic assessment is often not feasible clinically. Efficient psychometrically-validated screening tools exist for commonly comorbid conditions, but cutoff accuracies have typically not been evaluated in addiction treatment settings. This study examined the performance of several widely-used screening measures in relation to diagnostic status from a clinical interview to identify and validate cutoff scores in an inpatient SUD treatment setting.

METHOD: Participants were 99 patients in a large residential SUD treatment program in Ontario, Canada. Participants completed a screening battery, including the Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7), and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-5 (PCL-5), and underwent a semi-structured diagnostic clinical interview. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to determine optimal cutoff scores on the screening tool against the interview-based diagnosis.

RESULTS: Area under the curve (AUC) was statistically significant for all screens and were as follows: PHQ-9 = 0.70 (95% CI = 0.59-0.80), GAD-7 = 0.74 (95% CI = 0.63-0.84), and PCL-5 = 0.79 (95% CI = 0.66-0.91). The optimal accuracy cutoff scores based on sensitivity and specificity were: PHQ-9 ≥ 16, GAD-7 ≥ 9, the PCL-5 ≥ 42.

CONCLUSIONS: In general, the candidate screeners performed acceptably in this population. However, the optimal cutoff scores were notably higher than existing guidelines for depression and PTSD, potentially due to the general elevations in negative affectivity among individuals initiating SUD treatment. Further validation of these cutoff values is warranted.

PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE: This study provides modified screening cutoff scores for major depression, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder in addiction treatment settings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:112

Enthalten in:

Addictive behaviors - 112(2021) vom: 10. Jan., Seite 106649

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Levitt, E E [VerfasserIn]
Syan, S K [VerfasserIn]
Sousa, S [VerfasserIn]
Costello, M J [VerfasserIn]
Rush, B [VerfasserIn]
Samokhvalov, A V [VerfasserIn]
McCabe, R E [VerfasserIn]
Kelly, J [VerfasserIn]
MacKillop, J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anxiety Disorder
Diagnosis
Journal Article
Major Depressive Disorder
Measurement-based Care
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Screening
Substance Use Disorder

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Date Completed 10.05.2021

Date Revised 16.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106649

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315504145