Reliability and validity of the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale in clinical outpatients with depressive disorders

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 502-507

  Grootenboer, Esther M V ^a   Giltay, Erik J ^b   Van Der Lem, Rosalind ^a,b   Van Veen, Tineke ^b   Van Der Wee, Nic J A ^b,c   Zitman, Frans G ^a,b  

^a Rivierduinen   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Axis V; Global Assessment of Functioning Scale; inter rater reliability; mood disorder; psychometric analysis; routine outcome monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84858146479     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01614.x     Document Type: Article

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