Objective: To describe the development and validation of the Secondary Traumatic Stress
Scale (STSS), a 17-item instrument designed to measure intrusion, avoidance, and arousal …

Background. Little is known about the performance of brief and ultrabrief (1-and 2-question)
depression screens in older patients across varied treatment sites. This study (1) assesses …

Depression is a significant symptom for approximately 25% of palliative care patients, but is
frequently unrecognized and untreated. This study was carried out to determine how senior …

Aim The study aimed to determine:(i) the diagnostic accuracy of four brief depression scales,
the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Even Briefer Assessment Scale for Depression …

The purpose of this study was to describe the falls that occurred over a 5-year period in a
group of older adults living in a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) and to test …

Background Early detection of depression in elderly demented patients may assist in
adequate treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of Visual Analogue …

Depression is a significant symptom for approximately one in four palliative care patients.
This study investigates the performance of three screening tools. Patients were asked to …

The purpose of the study was to address the impact of pain perception, morbidity and mood
on functional impairment in elderly chronic pain patients. Multimorbid pain patients beyond …

The majority of mental disorders are treated by non-psychiatric physicians such as general
practitioners or general hospital doctors. Only a very small proportion of all mentally ill are in …

Ziel der Untersuchung war die Bedeutung der Schmerzwahrnehmung, der Morbidität und
der aktuellen Stimmung auf die Alltagskompetenz Älterer mit chronischen Schmerzen zu …