@article{Hafi_Hayat_Qureshi_Tanzeem_Jovindah_Hafeez_2018, title={COMPARISON OF CURRENT SCREENING FOR PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY WITH STANDARDIZED SCREENING TOOLS I PATIENT HEALTH QUALITY -9 AND GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDERS-7 AMONG ADULT INPATIENTS AT SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE (SKMCH&RC)}, volume={3}, url={https://journals.sfu.ca/jcas/index.php/jcas/article/view/156}, DOI={10.37029/jcas.v3i4.156}, abstractNote={<p>Purpose: Screening for depression and anxiety for inpatients at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre is done by nursing team by asking patients two questions from a structured admission tool aimed toward depression and anxiety. We audited the use of the current method of screening for depression and anxiety against standard screening tools for depression and anxiety i.e., Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 and Generalised Anxiety<br />Disorder (GAD)-7. The aim was improvement of screening for depression and anxiety amongst cancer inpatients.</p><p>Methods: We used a cross-sectional method to observe if the current screening method was being completed on admission on an inpatient ward of 40 patients on one particular day. Second, we delivered PHQ-9 and GAD-7 as screening tools on the same inpatients on the same day to compare with the current screening method.</p><p>Results: Prevalence of depression was 54.5% (n = 18) and that of generalized anxiety was 36.4% (n = 12), regardless of severity, when using PHQ-9 and GAD-7. Comparatively, the current method of screening was able to pick up 16.6% (n = 3) of cases of depression and 16.6% (n = 2) of cases of generalised anxiety.</p><p>Conclusion: We concluded that improvement was required in the screening process for depression and anxiety by devising a new screening tool specific to our cancer population.</p><p><br />Key words: Anxiety, cancer, depression, screening</p&gt;}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Cancer & Allied Specialties}, author={Hafi, Suhaib Bin Bilal and Hayat, Nasira and Qureshi, Nosheen and Tanzeem, Tanzila and Jovindah, Sheheryar and Hafeez, Haroon}, year={2018}, month={Jan.} }