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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a minimal psychological intervention to reduce non-severe depression in chronically ill elderly patients: the design of a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN92331982]

BACKGROUND: Depression is a prevalent disorder in chronically ill elderly persons. It may decrease quality of life, and increase functional disability, medical costs, and healthcare utilisation. Because patients may slip into a downward spiral, early recognition and treatment of depression is import...

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Autores principales: Lamers, F, Jonkers, CCM, Bosma, H, Diederiks, JPM, van Eijk, JThM
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1555592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16790039
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-161