Comparison of six depression rating scales in geriatric stroke patients.
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Comparison of six depression rating scales in geriatric stroke patients.
We compared three self-rating scales (the Geriatric Depression Scale, the Zung Scale, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) with three examiner-rating scales (the Hamilton Rating Scale, the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale-Depression, and the Cornell Scale), to see which was best for 40 elderly (mean age 80 years) stroke patients, 17 of whom were depressed acco...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.20.9.1190