Severity of depression and magnitude of productivity loss

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 305-311

  Beck, Arne ^a,b   Lauren Crain, A ^c   Solberg, Leif I ^c   Unützer, Jürgen ^d   Glasgow, Russell E ^e   Maciosek, Michael V ^c   Whitebird, Robin ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Practice based research; Primary care; Severity; Work impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORK;

EID: 79960445277     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1260     Document Type: Article

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