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Detection of depression in primary care
— comparison of two self-administered scales | | Author(s) | Ajay K Upadhyaya, Ian Stanley |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 12, no 1, January 1997 |
| Pages | pp 35-37 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Diagnosis ; General practice ; Measurement ; Testing ; Questionnaires ; Comparison ; Liverpool. |
| Annotation | Two self-rated questionnaires - SELFCARE (D) and Hospital Anxiety Depression (HAD) Scale - were compared in relation to their efficacy in detecting depression in 72 older patients attending general practitioners at a health centre in Liverpool. The sensitivity, specificity and overall misclassification rates of both the scales were assessed against a diagnosis arrived at by using a standardised interview schedule, Geriatric Mental State (community version), and a computerised diagnostic scheme, AGECAT. In this preliminary study, SELFCARE (D) was found to be superior to HAD as a screening instrument for depression in an older population in primary care. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970807204 A |
| Classmark | ENR: LK7: L5: 3R: 3T: 3DA: 48: 84B |
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