Psychometric properties of EURO-D, a geriatric depression scale: A cross-cultural validation study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Guerra, Mariella ^a,b,c   Ferri, Cleusa ^b,d   Llibre, Juan ^b,e   Prina, A Matthew ^b   Prince, Martin ^b  

^a Institute of Memory Depression and Disease Risk   (Peru)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Depression; EURO D scale; Old age; Psychometric properties; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHINA; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; EURO D SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; ICD-10; INDIA; INTERVIEW; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NIGERIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; SLEEP DISORDER; VALIDATION STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

AGED; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDIA; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; NIGERIA; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84924137332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0390-4     Document Type: Article

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