Diagnosis of depression in patients receiving specialist community palliative care: Does using a single screening question identify depression otherwise diagnosed by clinical interview?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1140-1142

  Taylor, Laura ^a   Lovell, Natasha ^a   Ward, Jason ^b   Wood, Felicity ^a   Hosker, Chris ^c  

^a Department of Management Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b St Gemma's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884472977     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0569     Document Type: Article

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