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Three questions may be enough to spot depression before surgery

NCT ID NCT07818057

Diagnosis Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Sep 14, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

Researchers are checking whether a short 3-question depression survey can identify moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms in older adults having surgery as accurately as the standard 9-question version. The study analyzes existing records from more than 10,000 patients aged 65 and older who had surgery under general anesthesia. The team also looks at whether scores on either survey relate to complications such as delirium, infection, readmission, or death within a year after surgery.

What this could mean

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What this could lead to
If the short survey works as well as the longer one, hospitals could screen older surgery patients for depression with three questions instead of nine, saving time and staff effort.
What could go wrong
This is a retrospective analysis of existing records, not a new experiment, so it can only show patterns in data already collected. The short survey may miss cases the longer one catches, and the findings may not apply to patients outside this database.

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Study facts

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Participants

10,536 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Apr 2020

Finished

Apr 2022

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Who is studied

Elderly surgical patients aged 65 years or older who underwent non-neurosurgical and non-cardiac surgery under general anesthesia and were enrolled in our hospital's prospective perioperative database, with complete perioperative PHQ-3 and PHQ-9 assessments

Ages

65 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * 1\. Aged ≥ 65 years old 2. Patients undergoing surgery under general anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. ASA physical status ≥ IV (including ASA class IV) 2. Patients transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) after surgery 3. Preoperative history of schizophrenia, epilepsy, or Parkinson's disease 4. Diseases requiring corticosteroid therapy for more than 7 days within 1 year before surgery 5. Preoperative inability to communicate (coma, severe dementia, or language/hearing impairment), or MMSE score \< 26 6. Any cerebrovascular event within the past 3 years

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Conditions

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depressive disorder

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Depressive disorder

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Chinese PLA General Hospital

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100853, China

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