Does a single-item measure of depression predict mortality?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  St John, Philip Donald ^a,b   Montgomery, Patrick ^a,b  

^a University of Manitoba ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF REPORT;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 67249092958     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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