Depression screening among older adults attending low-vision rehabilitation and eye-care services: Characteristics of those who screen positive and client acceptability of screening

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 229-234

  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

Depression screening; Low vision; Psychological treatment preference; Vision rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; VISION; VISION, LOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION, LOW; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84951857709     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12159     Document Type: Article

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