An analysis of the validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale as a screening tool in patients with advanced metastatic cancer

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 990-996

  Lloyd Williams, Mari ^a,d   Friedman, Trevor ^b   Rudd, Nicky ^c  

^a Palliative Medicine Service   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Leicestershire and Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering   (United Kingdom)

^d Leicestershire Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Hospice; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Palliative care; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING TEST; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0035217079     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(01)00358-X     Document Type: Article

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