Screening accuracy for late-life depression in primary care: A systematic review

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 956-964

  Watson, Lea C ^a   Pignone, Michael P ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0346219444     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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