Assessing depression in palliative care patients using the visual analogue scale: A pilot study

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 220-223

  Lees, N ^a   Lloyd Williams, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Leicestershire Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Palliative care; Screening; Visual analogue scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033290561     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.1999.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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