Screening for depression in older adults on an acute medical ward: the validity of NICE guidance in using two questions.

Background: depression is common in older people in general hospital settings and associated with poor outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the validity of two screening questions recommended by the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). Methods: one hundred and eighteen...

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Publicado en:	Age & Ageing Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 771 - 776
Autores principales:	ESIWE, COLLINS, BAILLON, SARAH, RAJKONWAR, ANIRUDDHA, LINDESAY, JAMES, LO, NELSON, DENNIS, MICHAEL
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Sep2015
Materias:	United Kingdom Diagnosis of mental depression Critical care medicine Medical screening Psychological tests Old age Academic medical centers Confidence intervals Fisher exact test Probability theory T-test (Statistics) Research methodology evaluation Data analysis software Descriptive statistics Odds ratio
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