A comparison of the cornell scale for depression in dementia and the montgomery-aasberg depression rating scale in a memory clinic population

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 256-265

  Knapskog, Anne Brita ^a   Barca, Maria Lage ^b   Engedal, Knut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia; Depression; Montgomery Aasberg Depression Rating Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNELL SCALE FOR DEPRESSION IN DEMENTIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84876078232     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348345     Document Type: Article

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