Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of a depression screening tool in a university campus pharmacy.
Design: Uncontrolled study.
Setting: University campus pharmacy.
Participants: 25 individuals were screened while waiting for a prescription to be dispensed or while browsing in the pharmacy.
Interventions: Completion of a depression screening tool and a follow-up participant satisfaction survey to rate the usefulness of the depression screening tool.
Main outcome measures: Scores on the depression screening tool and descriptive analysis of participant satisfaction survey.
Results: One participant was rated as depressed and one participant as "borderline" depression on the screening tool. Overall, 64% (16/25) of participants rated the screening tool as very useful, 92% (23/25) felt very comfortable while completing the screening tool, 40% (10/25) were very likely to read the provided written information, and 60% (15/25) learned about depression or themselves by participating in the survey.
Conclusion: Depression screening is feasible in a university campus pharmacy. Participants reported feeling comfortable discussing depression with a pharmacist in a university campus pharmacy. In addition, they considered the information provided by the pharmacist on depression to be useful.