The clinical utility of the Cornell scale for depression in dementia as a routine assessment in nursing homes

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 784-793

  Yun Hee, Jeon ^a   Li, Zhicheng ^a,b   Low, Lee Fay ^b   Chenoweth, Lynn ^b,c   O'Connor, Daniel ^d   Beattie, Elizabeth ^e   Liu, Zhixin ^b   Brodaty, Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cornell Scale for depression in dementia; Dementia; Depression; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNELL SCALE FOR DEPRESSION IN DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUDEN INDEX; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84942774647     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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