Diagnostic performance of the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory with nursing home residents

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-413

  Laprise, Réjeanne ^a   Vézina, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS); Nursing Home; Older Adults; Receiver Operating Curves (ROC); Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

EID: 2442745337     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800012678     Document Type: Article

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