A preliminary report on the validation of the Geriatric Depression Scale in Arabic

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 33-46

  Wrobel, Nancy Howells ^a   Farrag, Mohamed F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabic; Depression; Geriatric; Informant report; Self report

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33746640491     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v29n04_03     Document Type: Article

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