Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 69, Issue 4 , Pages 399-406 , October 2010

Detecting depression in medically ill patients: Comparative accuracy of four screening questionnaires and physicians' diagnoses in Spanish population

  • Miren Orive

      Affiliations

    • Research Unit-CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Bizkaia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Research Unit-CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, B° Labeaga s/n, 48960 Bizkaia, Spain. Tel.: +34 94 4007105; fax: +34 94 4007132.
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  • Jesús A. Padierna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Bº Labeaga s/n, Bizkaia, Spain
    • ,
  • Jose M. Quintana

      Affiliations

    • Research Unit-CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Bizkaia, Spain
    • ,
  • Carlota Las-Hayas

      Affiliations

    • Research Unit-CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Bizkaia, Spain
    • ,
  • Kalliopi Vrotsou

      Affiliations

    • Research Unit-CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Bizkaia, Spain
    • ,
  • Urko Aguirre

      Affiliations

    • Research Unit-CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Bizkaia, Spain

Received 3 April 2009 ,Revised 18 April 2010 ,Accepted 19 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.04.007

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 69, Issue 4 , Pages 399-406 , October 2010

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