Depressive symptoms in advanced cancer. Part 1. Assessing depression: The mood evaluation questionnaire

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 596-603

  Meyer, H A Martine ^a,c   Sinnott, Claire ^a   Seed, Paul T ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Depression assessment; Palliative care; Prevalence; Scale; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0142011011     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216303pm812oa     Document Type: Article

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