The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale: Assessment of depression in the medically ill elderly

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 436-446

  Schein, Rebecca L ^a,b   Koenig, Harold G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke/FAHEC   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Depression; Geriatric patients; Medical inpatients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031011284     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199704)12:4<436::AID-GPS499>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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