A literature review of the application of the Geriatric Depression Scale, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist to community nursing cohorts

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 949-959

  Allen, Jacqui ^a   Annells, Merilyn ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community nursing; Depression Anxiety Stress Scales; Geriatric Depression Scale; Literature review; Mental health screening; Post traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VETERAN; WIDOW;

ANXIETY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 61849087764     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02731.x     Document Type: Review

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