BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Nursing and Health Sciences,Thesis/Dissertations DESCRIPTION:College of Nursing and Health Sciences DNP Defense - Portia Adj ei Donker Title:  Educating Healthcare Providers on the Use of Screening Tools for Mood Disorders. Date: Friday April 24, 2026Time: 3pmZOOM: Plea se contact dhoffman@umassd.edu for link Committee:Christine Bell, PhD, RN Kristen Sethares, PhD, RN, CNE, FAHA, FHFSA, FAANErin D'avella, NP    A bstract:Mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression are prevale nt and often debilitating mental health conditions that affect the quality of life of individuals and are among the leading causes of disability wor ldwide, affecting global health outcomes. These disorders adversely affect individuals' productivity, relationships, and overall well-being. Mood di sorders can be difficult and costly to manage. Screening tools, such as th e Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), can aid in the screening and early detection of mood disorders. However, effective implementation of these tools depends on educating heal thcare providers with the essential knowledge and skills needed to use and implement these screening tools effectively. This scholarly project sough t to educate health care providers on the use of screening tools for mood disorders, specifically PHQ-9 and MDQ. Six community healthcare providers participated in the project. The educational intervention included a prete st-posttest survey, qualitative questions, and program evaluation. A 30-mi nute educational session included a PowerPoint presentation and a question -and-answer segment. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the resul ts. The findings indicated the educational intervention improved healthcar e provider knowledge of the use of both screening tools, PHQ-9 and MDQ. Im provements in MDQ scores were statistically significant.  PHQ-9 scores sh owed positive gains, though results were not significant. The education pr ogram was well-received and provided important information to support prof essional practice. All participants rated the program's overall quality as excellent. By educating healthcare providers on the use of screening tool s specifically MDQ and PHQ-9, the project supports ongoing initiatives to enhance early detection of mood disorders in clinical practice, ultimately improving patient outcomes and the quality of care. Keywords: “Mood Dis order Questionnaires," "PHQ-9," "healthcare provider training," and "mood disorder screening. \nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/colle ge-of-nursing-and-health-sciences-dnp--defense---portia-adjei-donker.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

College of Nursing and Health S ciences DNP Defense - Portia Adjei Donker
 
Title:  Educating Healthcare Providers on the Use of Screening Tools for Mood Disorders.
 
Date: Friday April 24\, 2026
Time: 3pm
ZOOM: Please co ntact dhoffman@umassd.edu for link
 
Committee:
Christine Bell\, PhD\, RN
Kristen Sethares\, PhD\, RN\, CNE\, FAHA\, FHFSA\, FA AN
Erin D'avella\, NP   
 
Abstract:
Mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression are prevalent and often debilitat ing mental health conditions that affect the quality of life of individual s and are among the leading causes of disability worldwide\, affecting glo bal health outcomes. These disorders adversely affect individuals' product ivity\, relationships\, and overall well-being. Mood disorders can be diff icult and costly to manage. Screening tools\, such as the Mood Disorder Qu estionnaire (MDQ) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)\, can aid in the screening and early detection of mood disorders. However\, effecti ve implementation of these tools depends on educating healthcare providers with the essential knowledge and skills needed to use and implement these screening tools effectively. This scholarly project sought to educate hea lth care providers on the use of screening tools for mood disorders\, spec ifically PHQ-9 and MDQ.

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Six community healthcare providers partici pated in the project. The educational intervention included a pretest-post test survey\, qualitative questions\, and program evaluation. A 30-minute educational session included a PowerPoint presentation and a question-and- answer segment. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the results. T he findings indicated the educational intervention improved healthcare pro vider knowledge of the use of both screening tools\, PHQ-9 and MDQ. Improv ements in MDQ scores were statistically significant.  PHQ-9 scores showed positive gains\, though results were not significant. The education progr am was well-received and provided important information to support profess ional practice. All participants rated the program's overall quality as ex cellent. By educating healthcare providers on the use of screening tools s pecifically MDQ and PHQ-9\, the project supports ongoing initiatives to en hance early detection of mood disorders in clinical practice\, ultimately improving patient outcomes and the quality of care.

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Keywords: “M ood Disorder Questionnaires\," "PHQ-9\," "healthcare provider training\," and "mood disorder screening. 

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/college-of-nursi ng-and-health-sciences-dnp--defense---portia-adjei-donker.php

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