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DETECTION OF DEPRESSION IN PRIMARY CARE: COMPARISON OF TWO SELF-ADMINISTERED SCALES

✍ Scribed by AJAY K. UPADHYAYA; IAN STANLEY

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
74 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6230

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✦ Synopsis

Two self-rated questionnaires, SELFCARE (D) and Hospital Anxiety Depression (HAD) Scale, were compared in relation to their ecacy in detecting depression in 72 elderly patients attending general practitioners at a health centre in Liverpool, England. The sensitivity, speci®city and overall misclassi®cation rates of both the scales were assessed against a diagnosis arrived at by using a standardized interview schedule, Geriatric Mental State (community version), and a computerized diagnostic scheme, AGECAT. In this preliminary study, SELFCARE (D) was found to be superior to HAD as a screening instrument for depression in the elderly population in primary care.

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