Validation of short screening tests for depression and cognitive impairment in older medically ill patients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 465-471

  Goring, Hannah ^a   Baldwin, Robert ^b   Marriott, Alison ^b   Pratt, Helen ^a   Roberts, Chris ^c  

^a TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Social Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Elderly; Hospital; Illness; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2542544260     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1115     Document Type: Article

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