Identifying hopelessness in population research: A validation study of two brief measures of hopelessness

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Fraser, Lindsay ^a   Burnell, Matthew ^a   Salter, Laura Currin ^a   Fourkala, Evangelia Ourania ^a   Kalsi, Jatinderpal ^a   Ryan, Andy ^a   Gessler, Sue ^a   Gidron, Yori ^b   Steptoe, Andrew ^c   Menon, Usha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; BRIEF MEASURE OF HOPELESSNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; CAUCASIAN; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOPE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84901914317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005093     Document Type: Article

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