Criterion validity of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D): Results from a community-based sample of older subjects in the Netherlands

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 231-235

  Beekman, A T F ^a,b   Deeg, D J H ^a   Van Limbeek, J ^a   Braam, A W ^a   De Vries, M Z ^a   Van Tilburg, W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Valerius Clinic   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031034919     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796003510     Document Type: Article

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