The effectiveness of very short scales for depression screening in elderly medical patients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-326

  Pomeroy, Ian M ^a   Clark, Christopher R ^b   Philp, Ian ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b South Birmingham Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Depression screening instruments; Diagnosis; Geriatric depression scale; Mental health inventory; OLder adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035073597     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.344     Document Type: Article

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