Screening for depression in elderly Indian population

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-153

  Barua, Ankur ^a   Kar, Nilamadhab ^b  

^a Department of Community Medicine   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; depressive; disorders; prevalence; reliability; screening; validity; well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION INVENTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEW; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77954496484     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.64595     Document Type: Article

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