Psychometric analysis of Common Mental Disorders — Screening Questionnaire (CMD-SQ) in long-term sickness absence

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 855-863

  Søgaard, Hans Jørgen ^a   Bech, Per ^b  

^a Hospital Unit West   (Denmark)

^b FREDERIKSBORG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mass screening; sensitivity; sick leave; specificity; validity (epidemiology)

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMMON MENTAL DISORDER SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; PENSION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SOMATIZATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 71049138894     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809344653     Document Type: Article

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