Validation of geriatric depression scale in a general outpatient clinic;Validação da escala de depressão geriátrica em um ambulatório geral

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 918-923

  Paradela, Emylucy Martins Paiva ^a,b   Lourenço, Roberto Alves ^a   Veras, Renato Peixoto ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UERJ ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression, diagnosis; Elderly; GDS 15; Geriatric Depression Scale; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; ROC CURVE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLATING;

EID: 33646096235     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102005000600008     Document Type: Article

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