RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Predicting Future Risk of Depressive Episode in Adolescents: The Chicago Adolescent Depression Risk Assessment (CADRA)
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 503
OP 511
DO 10.1370/afm.887
VO 6
IS 6
A1 Benjamin W. Van Voorhees
A1 David Paunesku
A1 Jackie Gollan
A1 Sachiko Kuwabara
A1 Mark Reinecke
A1 Anirban Basu
YR 2008
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/6/6/503.abstract
AB PURPOSE A risk prediction index, similar to those used for other disorders, such as cardiovascular disease, would facilitate depression prevention by identifying those who would benefit most from preventative measures in primary care settings. METHODS The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health enrolled a representative sample of US adolescents and included a baseline survey in 1995 and a 1-year follow-up survey in 1996 (n = 4,791). We used baseline risk factors (social and cognitive vulnerability and mood) to predict onset of a depressive episode at 1-year follow-up (eg, future risk of episode) and used boosted classification and regression trees to develop a prediction index, The Chicago Adolescent Depression Risk Assessment, suitable for a personal computer or hand-held device. True and false positives and negatives were determined based on concordance and discordance, respectively, between the prediction-category–based index and actual classification-category–based 1-year follow-up outcome. We evaluated the performance of the index for the entire sample and with several depressive episode outcomes using the standard Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale cutoffs. RESULTS The optimal prediction model (including depressed mood and social vulnerability) was a 20-item model with an area under the receiver operating characteristics curve of 0.80 (95% CI, 0.714–0.870), a sensitivity of 75%, and a specificity of 76.5%. For depressive episode, the positive predictive values in the highest risk group (level 4) was from 13.75% for a depressive episode to 63.57% for CES-D score of greater than 16 (mild to moderate depressed mood or above) at follow-up. Conversely, the negative predictive value of being in the lowest 2 levels (0 or 1) was 99.38% for a depressive episode and 89.19% for a CES-D score of greater than 16. CONCLUSIONS Our model predicts a depressive episode and other depressive outcomes at 1-year follow-up. Positive and negative predictive values could enable primary care physicians and families to intervene on adolescents at highest risk.