International comparison of clinicians' ability to identify depression in primary care: Meta-analysis and meta-regression of predictors

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 583, 2011, Pages

  Mitchell, Alex J ^a   Rao, Sanjay ^b   Vaze, Amol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Leicestershire Partnership Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Diagnostic accuracy; International; Screening; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957512940     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X556227     Document Type: Article

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