Screening medical patients for distress and depression: does measurement in the clinic prior to the consultation overestimate distress measured at home?
BACKGROUND: Medical patients are often screened for distress in the clinic using a questionnaire such as the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) while awaiting their consultation. However, might the context of the clinic artificially inflate the distress score ? To address this question we...
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| Médium: | Journal article |
| Jazyk: | English |
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2013
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