Validity of the SF-36 five-item Mental Health Index for major depression in functionally impaired, community-dwelling elderly patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1978-1985

  Friedman, Bruce ^a   Heisel, Marnin ^a   Delavan, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Functional impairment; SF 36; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 29244441166     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00469.x     Document Type: Review

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