Validity of the five-item Brief Symptom Rating Scale among subjects admitted for general health screening

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 824-829

  Chen, Hsi Chung ^a,b   Wu, Chia Hsuan ^b   Lee, Yue Joe ^b   Liao, Shih Cheng ^b   Lee, Ming Been ^b  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mass screening; Morbidity, psychiatric; Psychiatric status rating scales; Reproducibility of results; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; VALIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645306348     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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