Comparative performance of long and short forms of the Geriatric Depression Scale in mildly demented Chinese

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1131-1137

  Cheng, Sheung Tak ^a   Chan, Alfred C M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Dementia; Depression; Elderly; Geriatric depression scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 29944433417     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1405     Document Type: Article

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