The Depression Scale (DEPS) as a case finder for depression in various subgroups of primary care patients

European Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 580-586

  Poutanen, Outi ^a   Koivisto, Anna Maija ^b   Salokangas, Raimo K R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depression; Primary health care; Questionnaire; Subgroup analyses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; ROC CURVE; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349164155     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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