Cognitive complexity of self-administered depression measures

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 191-198

  Shumway, Martha ^a   Sentell, Tetine ^a   Unick, George ^a   Bamberg, Winifred ^a  

^a UCSF Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Depression; Outcome measurement; Readability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DEPRESSION; HAMILTON DEPRESSION INVENTORY; HARVARD NATIONAL DEPRESSION SCREENING DAY SCALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; INVENTORY TO DIAGNOSE DEPRESSION; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONAL INVENTORY FOR DEPRESSION AND SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; REVISED HAMILTON RATING SCALE FOR DEPRESSION SELF REPORT PROBLEM INVENTORY; SELF EVALUATION; TWO QUESTION SCREENING SURVEY; ZUNG SELF RATED DEPRESSION SCALE;

COMPREHENSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 8844259595     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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