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Implementing A Depression Screening In A Pediatric Acute Care Setting For Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes, Kelcie Marler
Implementing A Depression Screening In A Pediatric Acute Care Setting For Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes, Kelcie Marler
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Problem: Depression among adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus type 1 (DM 1) is three times more prevalent than adolescents without chronic disease. Diagnosis of depression has been found to negatively affect the quality-of-care management, quality of life, and results in an increase in hospital admissions with hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia events.
Methods: A depression screening, the patient health questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9), a validated screening tool for use among adolescents was implemented in this quality improvement (QI) project. It was the first cycle of a plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle for in a pediatric ICU. Adolescents between the ages of 12 – 18, were …