'Do you think you suffer from depression?' Reevaluating the use of a single item question for the screening of depression in older primary care patients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 497-502

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Goldfracht, Margalit ^b   Bech, Per ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Clalit Health Care Services   (Israel)

^c FREDERIKSBORG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depression; Diagnosis; Older adults; Primary care; Psychometrics; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950789590     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2368     Document Type: Article

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