Screening for depression in patients in long-term care facilities: A randomized controlled trial of physician response

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1092-1099

  Soon, Judith A ^a,b   Levine, Marc ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster randomization; Depression; Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS); Long term care; Primary care physicians; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG PREFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 0036081689     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50266.x     Document Type: Article

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