Reliability and validity of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale in patients with systemic sclerosis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 438-443

  Thombs, Brett D ^a   Hudson, Marie ^a   Schieir, Orit ^b   Taillefer, Suzanne S ^a   Baron, Murray ^a   Markland, J ^c   Pope, J ^c   Robinson, D ^c   Jones, N ^c   Docherty, P ^c   Abu Hakima, M ^c   Le Clercq, S ^c   Khalidi, N A ^c   Kaminska, E ^c   Sutton, E ^c   Smith, C D ^c   Mathieu, J P ^c   Ligier, S ^c   Rahman, P ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 40849120631     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23329     Document Type: Article

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