'A no means no'-measuring depression using a single-item question versus Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D)

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1905-1909

  Skoogh, J ^a,b   Ylitalo, N ^a   Larsson omerov P ^c   Hauksdottir A ^c   Nyberg, U ^c   Wilderang U ^a   Johansson, B ^b   Gatz, M ^c,d   Steineck, G ^a,c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; HADS D; Population based; Questionnaire; Single item question

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; SWEDEN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956168116     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdq058     Document Type: Article

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