Detecting depression in the aged: Is there concordance between screening tools and the perceptions of nursing home staff and residents? A pilot study in a rural aged care facility

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 252-256

  Johnston, Luke ^a   Reid, Alexander ^b   Wilson, Jessica ^c   Levesque, Janelle ^d   Driver, Brian ^e  

^a Department of Population Health   (Australia)

^b University of New South Wales Rural Clinical School   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Mental health; Nursing home; Psychogeriatrics; Recognition; Screening tool

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34447337998     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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