The use of nurses' and carers' observations in the identification of poststroke depression

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 595-604

  Lightbody, C Elizabeth ^a   Auton, Malcolm ^a   Baldwin, Robert ^b   Gibbon, Bernard ^a   Hamer, Samantha ^c   Leathley, Michael J ^a   Sutton, Chris ^a   Watkins, Caroline L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Empirical research report; Nursing assessment; Screening; Signs of Depression Scale; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 36549059253     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04508.x     Document Type: Article

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