Screening for depression in patients with myocardial infarction by general practitioners

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 800-806

  Larsen, Karen Kjær ^a   Vestergaard, Mogens ^a   Søndergaard, Jens ^b   Christensen, Bo ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depression; general practice; myocardial infarction; primary care; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SMOKING HABIT;

DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIMARY CARE; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84884165083     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312444994     Document Type: Article

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