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| Detection of depression and anxiety disorders by home care nurses | | Author(s) | M Préville, G Coté, R Boyer |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 8, no 5, September 2004 |
| Pages | pp 400-409 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Anxiety ; Screening ; Diagnosis ; Home nursing. |
| Annotation | In a study conducted in two community health service centres in Quebec, Canada, the authors assessed the utility of three measures for detecting mental health disorders in 315 frail older people receiving home care services: the PRIME-MD, a standard psychological distress measure (PDF-29), and the health care case manager's a priori judgment on the subject's mental health status. Overall results indicated that the PDF-29 items showed better performance characteristics than the PRIME-MD in identifying current cases. The study also showed that the health care case manager's a priori judgment on the care receiver's mental health status is not sufficient in identifying frail older people's mental health needs. A two-stage screening procedure is proposed to help home care nurses. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041130245 A |
| Classmark | ENR: ENP: 3V: LK7: N4 |
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