Does the presence of anxiety affect the validity of a screening test for depression in the elderly?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-314

  Sinoff, Gary ^a,b   Ore, Liora ^a   Zlotogorsky, David ^b   Tamir, Ada ^a  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Elderly; Screening instrument

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ISRAEL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036244696     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.594     Document Type: Article

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