Screening for major depression in cancer outpatients: The diagnostic accuracy of the 9-item patient health questionnaire

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 218-227

  Thekkumpurath, Parvez ^a   Walker, Jane ^a   Butcher, Isabella ^a   Hodges, Laura ^a   Kleiboer, Annet ^a   O'Connor, Mark ^a   Wall, Lucy ^b   Murray, Gordon ^a   Kroenke, Kurt ^c   Sharpe, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Edinburgh Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; diagnostic accuracy; major depression; Patient Health Questionnaire; screening; sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78650702873     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25514     Document Type: Article

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