A study of the diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-9 in primary care elderly

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Phelan, Elizabeth ^a,b   Williams, Barbara ^b   Meeker, Kathryn ^a   Bonn, Katie ^a   Frederick, John ^a   LoGerfo, James ^b,c   Snowden, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956485997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-63     Document Type: Article

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