High rates of depressive symptoms among patients with systemic sclerosis are not explained by differential reporting of somatic symptoms

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 431-437

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SLEEP; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 40849147134     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23328     Document Type: Article

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