Are gold standard depression measures appropriate for use in geriatric cancer patients? A systematic evaluation of self-report depression instruments used with geriatric, cancer, and geriatric cancer samples

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 348-356

  Nelson, Christian J ^a   Cho, Christina ^a   Berk, Alexandra R ^a   Holland, Jimmie ^a   Roth, Andrew J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; ZUNG SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 74949098621     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.0201     Document Type: Review

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