Agreement between the Geriatric Depression Scale and the General Health Questionnaire in a population-based elderly cohort: The Bambuí health & ageing study (BHAS)

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 69-82

  Costa, Erico ^a,b   Barreto, S M ^a   Uchoa, E ^a   Lima Costa, M F F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agreement; Elderly; General Health Questionnaire; Geriatric Depression Scale; Psychiatric screening scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING;

EID: 0038000565     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v26n03_06     Document Type: Article

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