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The utility of the Brief Edinburgh Depression Scale (BEDS) in assessing severity of depression in advanced cancer patients

AIMS: When using an assessment tool, brevity and validity are essential. Although brief depression inventories exist, they rely heavily on the inclusion of somatic symptoms. This can be problematic in advanced cancer populations; weight loss and sleep disturbance are for the most part ubiquitous in...

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Autores principales: Meyer, Zeryab, Shiels, Christopher, Dowrick, Christopher, Lloyd-Williams, Mari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8771818/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.161