A randomized trial to reduce the prevalence of depression and self-harm behavior in older primary care patients

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-356

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,b,c   Pirkis, Jane ^d   Kerse, Ngaire ^e   Sim, Moira ^f   Flicker, Leon ^b,c,g   Snowdon, John ^h   Draper, Brian ⁱ   Byrne, Gerard ^j   Goldney, Robert ^k   Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^a,b,d   Stocks, Nigel ^k   Alfonso, Helman ^a,b   Pfaf, Jon J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Education; Health promotion; Mental health: depression; Prevention; Randomized trial; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84863975332     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1368     Document Type: Article

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