Effectiveness of liaison psychiatric nursing in older medical inpatients with depression: A randomised controlled trial

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 436-442

  Cullum, Sarah ^a   Tucker, Sue ^b   Todd, Chris ^b   Brayne, Carol ^c  

^a Division of Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Elderly; Inpatients; Randomised controlled trials; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547922728     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm058     Document Type: Article

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