The geriatric depression scale: Short form

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 60-69

  Greenberg, Sherry A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34848848419     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000292204.52313.f3     Document Type: Review

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