Beside the Geriatric Depression Scale: The WHO-Five Well-being Index as a valid screening tool for depression in nursing homes

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1197-1204

  Allgaier, Antje Kathrin ^a   Kramer, Dietmar ^b   Saravo, Barbara ^a   Mergl, Roland ^b   Fejtkova, Sabina ^c   Hegerl, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

aged; depression; diagnosis; nursing homes; ROC curve; sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE 15 ITEM VERSION; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE 4 ITEM VERSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MINOR DEPRESSION; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; WELLBEING; WHO FIVE WELL BEING INDEX;

AGED; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS; NURSING HOMES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885675796     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3944     Document Type: Article

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