A primary healthcare screening tool to identify depression and anxiety disorders among people with epilepsy in Zambia

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 296-300

  Mbewe, Edward K ^a   Uys, Leana R ^b   Nkwanyana, Ntombifikile M ^c   Birbeck, Gretchen L ^d  

^a Chainama College of Health Sciences   (Zambia)

^b University of KwaZulu Natal Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cronbach's alpha; Depression; Epilepsy; Interrater reliability; ROC; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIVITY TRAINING; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84875238346     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.01.025     Document Type: Article

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