Frailty as a Risk Factor for Depression after COVID-19 Hospital Admission.

Background: This work aims to establish the relationship between depression and epidemiological or imaging variables, frailty, and cognitive status in patients who suffered hospital admission for COVID-19.

Methods: A longitudinal observational study investigated 72 patients admitted for COVID-19 to a hospital in Spain. Patients were evaluated at discharge and six months later.

Utility of the PHQ-9 to identify major depressive disorder in adult patients in Spanish primary care centres.

Background: The prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) in Spanish primary care (PC) centres is high. However, MDD is frequently underdiagnosed and consequently only some patients receive the appropriate treatment. The present study aims to determine the utility of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) to identify MDD in a subset of PC patients participating in the large PsicAP study.