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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Những tác giả chính: Hansen, C, Walker, J, Thekkumpurath, P, Kleiboer, A, Beale, C, Sawhney, A, Murray, G, Sharpe, M
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 2013