Differences in Patient Health Questionnaire and Aachen Depression Item Bank scores between tablet versus paper-and-pencil administration

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3023-3032

  Spangenberg, Lena ^a   Glaesmer, Heide ^a   Boecker, Maren ^b   Forkmann, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression assessment; Elderly; Equivalence testing; Item response theory; Tablet

Indexed keywords

AACHEN DEPRESSION ITEM BANK SCORE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPER; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; VERY ELDERLY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945451328     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-015-1040-5     Document Type: Article

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