Reliability and validity of the Thai version of the WHO-Five Well-Being Index in primary care patients

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-146

  Saipanish, Ratana ^a   Lotrakul, Manote ^a   Sumrithe, Sutida ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Depression; Primary care; Screening; WHO Five Well Being Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION FIVE WELL BEING INDEX;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; THAILAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 62949138039     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01933.x     Document Type: Article

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