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Measuring Depression at the End of Life: Is the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale a Valid Instrument?
Direct linkOlden, Megan; Rosenfeld, Barry; Pessin, Hayley; Breitbart, William – Assessment, 2009
Depression at the end of life is a common mental health issue with serious implications for quality of life and decision making. This study investigated the reliability and validity of one of the most frequently used measures of depression, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) in 422 patients with terminal cancer admitted to a palliative…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Validity, Suicide, Rating Scales
Peer reviewedViney, Linda L.; And Others – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1994
Compared palliative care staff with staff from burn and neonatal units and with mature age general nursing trainees at end of training. Found that palliative care staff expressed better quality of life, in terms of significantly less anxiety and depression, as well as more good feelings than other staff groups. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Death, Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries
