Usefulness of five-item and three-item Mental Health Inventories to screen for depressive symptoms in the general population of Japan

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Yamazaki, Shin ^a   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^b   Green, Joseph ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; ROC CURVE; SCREENING TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 27344445454     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-48     Document Type: Article

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