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Screening for depression in older people on acute medical wards: the validity of the Edinburgh Depression Scale

Author(s) -

Collins Esiwe,

Sarah Baillon,

Aniruddha Rajkonwar,

James Lindesay,

Nelson Lo,

Michael Dennis

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afw075

Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , neuropsychiatry , receiver operating characteristic , psychiatry , population , major depressive episode , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics , cognition

depression is common in people with poor physical health, particularly within the acute medical in-patient setting. Co-morbid depression contributes to poor outcomes, and screening for depression in acute medical in-patients has been advocated. The Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) has been validated in a variety of general hospital patient groups, but not previously in older acute medical in-patients.

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