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Table 4 Screening and referral by nurses

From: Mixed-methods evaluation of mental healthcare integration into tuberculosis and maternal-child healthcare services of four South African districts

Questionnaire response

N (%)

Screened a patient for a mental illness in the past 3 months?

 Yes

51 (86.4)

 No

7 (11.9)

 Don’t know

0

 No response

1 (1.7)

Screen patients at every visit

 Yes

43 (72.9)

 No

16 (27.2)

 No response

0

Method of assessment for mental illness

 Structured/existing tool

26 (44.1)

 Questions asked, no structured tool used

28 (47.5)

 Clinical observation

4 (6.78)

 Other

1 (1.7)

 Don’t know

0

 No response

0

Next steps after positive screen

 Managed/treated by nurse at clinic

2 (3.4)

 Referred to someone else inside clinic

34 (57.6)

 Referred to other healthcare facility

21 (35.6)

 Don’t know

1 (1.7)

 No response

1 (1.7)

Type of in-clinic practitioner patients referred to

 Mental health practitioner

30 (88.2)

 Other

4 (11.8)