Help seeking among vision-impaired adults referred to their GP for depressive symptoms: Patient characteristics and outcomes associated with referral uptake

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-175

  Holloway, Edith E ^a   Sturrock, Bonnie A ^a   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,b,c   Keeffe, Jill E ^a   Rees, Gwyneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EYE CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; STIGMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VICTORIA; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84929314319     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY13085     Document Type: Article

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