The Utility of the Short Version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) in Elderly Patients with Persistent Pain: Does age make a difference?

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1780-1790

  Wood, Bradley M ^a   Nicholas, Michael K ^a   Blyth, Fiona ^a,b   Asghari, Ali ^a,e   Gibson, Stephen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Caulfield Pain Management and Research Centre   (Australia)

^e SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Depression; Elderly; Persistent Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE 21; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PAIN; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; VALIDITY;

EID: 78650089987     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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