The Depression in Visual Impairment Trial (DEPVIT): Trial design and protocol

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Margrain, Tom H ^a   Nollett, Claire ^a   Shearn, Julia ^a   Stanford, Miles ^c   Edwards, Rhiannon T ^d   Ryan, Barbara ^a   Bunce, Catey ^e   Casten, Robin ^f   Hegel, Mark T ^g   Smith, Daniel J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTER; STUDY DESIGN; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; FOLLOW UP; PATIENT REFERRAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESEARCH DESIGN; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861810391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-57     Document Type: Article

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