Improving the diagnostic accuracy of depression in older persons: The depression in the aged female national evaluation cluster randomized trial: Clinical investigations

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 588-593

  Lattanzio, Fabrizia ^b   Di Bari, Mauro ^a,c   Sgadari, Antonio ^d   Baccini, Michela ^a   Ercolani, Sara ^e   Rengo, Franco ^f   Senin, Umberto ^e   Bernabei, Roberto ^d   Marchionni, Niccolò ^a,c   Cherubini, Antonio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trial; DAFNE Project; Depression; Diagnostic performance; Educational training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE CONTENT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSTHYMIA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRICS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; PATIENT SELECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63849257324     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02172.x     Document Type: Article

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