Predictors of a new depression diagnosis among older adults admitted to complex continuing care: Implications for the depression rating scale (DRS)

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-56

  Martin, Lynn ^a   Poss, Jeff W ^a   Hirdes, John P ^a   Jones, Richard N ^a   Stones, Michael J ^a   Fries, Brant E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; DSM IV; Elderly; Geriatric assessment; InterRAI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ONTARIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38549130840     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm162     Document Type: Article

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