Background And Aims: Increasingly, gambling features migrate into non-gambling platforms (e.g., online gaming) making gambling exposure and problems more likely.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to assess the measurement properties of the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) in a clinical sample of primary care patients. General practitioners (GPs) handed out the MDI to patients aged 18-65 years on clinical suspicion of depression. Thirty-seven general practices in the Central Denmark Region participated in the study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFScand J Prim Health Care
March 2019
Objective: This study aims to assess the measurement properties of the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) in a clinical sample of primary care patients.
Design: General practitioners (GPs) handed out the MDI to patients aged 18-65 years on clinical suspicion of depression.
Setting: Thirty-seven general practices in the Central Denmark Region participated in the study.
Objective: The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is widely used for screening of depression in acutely injured trauma survivors. Rasch analysis has been used to evaluate its measurement characteristics. This paper aims: 1) to assess the psychometric properties of the nine PHQ-9 items and 2) to determine the structural validity of using the total PHQ-9 score as a clinical outcome measure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: 10-22% of individuals sustaining whiplash trauma develop persistent symptoms resulting in reduced working ability and decreased quality of life, but it is poorly understood why some people do not recover. Various collision and post-collision risk factors have been studied, but little is known about pre-collision risk factors. In particular, the impact of sickness and socioeconomic factors before the collision on recovery is sparsely explored.
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