Using an annual over-75 health check to screen for depression: Validation of the short geriatric depression scale (GDS15) within general practice

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 431-439

  Arthur, Antony ^a   Jagger, Carol ^a   Lindesay, James ^a   Graham, Candida ^a   Clarke, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Geriatric assessment; Over 75s

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032990299     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199906)14:6<431::AID-GPS937>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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