Can the Geriatric Depression Scale detect poststroke depression in Chinese elderly?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-156

  Tang, Wai Kwong ^a,b   Chan, Sandra S M ^a   Chiu, Helen F K ^a   Wong, Ka Sing ^a   Kwok, Timothy C Y ^a   Mok, Vincent ^a   Ungvari, Gabor S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Depression; Geriatric Depression Scale; Screening; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4043129602     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(03)00163-0     Document Type: Article

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