The 'help' question doesn't help when screening for major depression: External validation of the three-question screening test for primary care patients managed for physical complaints

BMC Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lombardo, Patrick ^a   Vaucher, Paul ^a   Haftgoli, Nader ^a   Burnand, Bernard ^b   Favrat, Bernard ^a   Verdon, François ^a   Bischoff, Thomas ^a   Herzig, Lilli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; VALIDATION STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80054120829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-114     Document Type: Article

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