Cross-cultural equivalence in depression assessment: Japan-Europe-North American study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-285

  Furukawa, Toshi A ^a   Streiner, D L ^b,c   Azuma, H ^a   Higuchi, T ^d   Kamijima, K ^e   Kanba, S ^f   Ozaki, N ^g   Aoba, A ^h   Murasaki, M ⁱ   Miura, S ^j  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^d 1 7 1 Kohnodai   (Japan)

^e SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ Institute of CNS Pharmacology   (Japan)

^j KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Depressive disorder; Psychiatric status rating scales; Statistical factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGITATION; ANHEDONIA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUILT; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 25644459284     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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