000153132 001__ 153132 000153132 005__ 20251017144638.0 000153132 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1007/s12144-025-07715-0 000153132 0248_ $$2sideral$$a143559 000153132 037__ $$aART-2025-143559 000153132 041__ $$aeng 000153132 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-2437-1207$$aPeris-Baquero, Ó.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000153132 245__ $$aBrief screening tools to facilitate referral of people with emotional disorders in primary care: A Cohort Study on the use of the Overall Depression and Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scales 000153132 260__ $$c2025 000153132 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000153132 5203_ $$aEmotional disorders (EDs) represent a significant volume of consultations in Primary Care (PC), where family physicians do not have the time or tools to assess them effectively. Therefore, individuals are referred to Mental Health Units (MHUs) regardless of the severity of their symptoms. The aim of this study is to explore the screening ability of two brief measures, ODSIS and OASIS. A cohort study was conducted with 256 individuals referred from PC to Spanish MHUs with a main diagnosis of EDs. The variables assessed at pre-psychological treatment, post and up to the 15-month follow-up were anxiety, depression, neuroticism, extraversion, quality of life, interference, and emotional regulation. Participants were retrospectively divided into three groups based on their baseline scores on the severity and interference of depressive (ODSIS) and anxious (OASIS) symptomatology. The results showed statistically significant differences between the three groups in all variables and times assessed, with effect sizes ranging from moderate to large (η² values between 0.42 and 0.95). Similar results were obtained in the linear mixed models, a main effect of the variable “group” was observed in all variables with effect sizes ranging from small to medium (Cohen’s d values between 0.20 and 0.49). However, no “Time*Group” interaction effects were found (except for ODSIS and neuroticism), nor Time*Group*Sessions* so no different evolution was observed over time between groups or based on the number of sessions. ODSIS and OASIS allow an easy and effective discrimination of individuals regarding their emotional symptoms and their differences remain stable over time while receiving a psychological treatment. Trial NCT03064477 (March 10, 2017). 000153132 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S31-23R$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII/PI17/00320 000153132 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 000153132 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000153132 700__ $$aFadrique-Jiménez, A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000153132 700__ $$aMartínez-García, L.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000153132 700__ $$aPrieto Rollan, I.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000153132 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7293-318X$$aOsma, Jorge$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000153132 7102_ $$14009$$2680$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Person.Eval.Trat.Psicoló. 000153132 773__ $$g(2025), [15 pp.]$$pCurr. psychol.$$tCurrent Psychology$$x1046-1310 000153132 8564_ $$s2113776$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/153132/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000153132 8564_ $$s2472307$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/153132/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000153132 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:153132$$particulos$$pdriver 000153132 951__ $$a2025-10-17-14:30:48 000153132 980__ $$aARTICLE