A study was undertaken to validate the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Rating Scale in an elderly psychiatric population. The depression subscale (HAD-D) was shown to relate well to global measures of depression and to be sensitive to changes in the severity of the depression. No conclusion could be
Validation of the quality of life in depression scale in a population of adult depressive patients aged 60 and above
✍ Scribed by J. Grégoire; N. Leval; P. Mesters; M. Czarka
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 683 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0962-9343
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