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Table 3. Summary of the Effect of Feedback from Screening on Rates of Diagnosis1

Author, Year (Reference) Participants with Diagnosis Absolute Difference (95% CI) P Value2
Intervention Group Control Group
% (n/n) percentage points
Johnstone and Goldberg, 1976 (14)3 NR NR NR NR
Moore et al., 1978 (15)3 56 (28/50) 22 (10/46) 34 (16.7 to 52) < 0.001
Linn and Yager, 1980 (16)4 29 (7/24) 8 (4/50) 21 (1 to 41)  
Zung and King, 1983 (17)5 NR NR NR NR
Magruder-Habib et al., 1990 (18)5 25 (12/48) 8 (4/52) 17 (3 to 32) 0.018
Callahan et al., 1994 (19)5 32 (32/100) 12 (9/75) 20 (8 to 32) 0.002
Callahan et al., 1996 (21)5 87 (111/128) 40 (38/94) 46 (35 to 58) 0.001
Dowrick, 1995 (20)3 35 (18/51) 21 (13/63) 15 (-2 to 31)  
Lewis et al., 1996 (22)3 NR NR NR NR
Reifler et al., 1996 (23) NR NR NR NR
Williams et al., 1999 (11)3 39 (30/77) 29 (11/38) 10 (-8 to 28) > 0.05
Katzelnick et al., 2000 (12) NR NR NR NR
Wells et al., 2000 (24)3 NR NR NR NR
Whooley et al., 2000 (25)3 35 (56/162) 34 (58/169) 1 (-9 to 10) > 0.2
Rost et al., 2001 (13) NR NR NR NR

1 All figures are rounded to nearest value. NR = not reported and cannot be calculated from available data.
2 P values were not always reported.
3 Denominator is patients who screened positive.
4 Denominator is all patients.
5 Denominator is patients who screened positive and were confirmed to have major depression on diagnostic interview.

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