The hospital anxiety and depression scale: Low sensitivity for depression screening in demented and non-demented hospitalized elderly

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-87

  Samaras, Nikolaos ^a   Herrmann, François R ^a   Samaras, Dimitrios ^a   Lang, Pierre Olivier ^b,c   Canuto, Alessandra ^a   Forster, Alexandre ^a   Hilleret, Henriette ^a   Gold, Gabriel ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Nescens Centre of Preventive Medicine   (Switzerland)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; depression; elderly; hospitalized; scale

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GOLD STANDARD; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873031300     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001536     Document Type: Article

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