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Evaluation of 2 Measures of Psychological Distress as Screeners for Depression in the General Population

John Cairney,Scott Veldhuizen,Terrance J. Wade,Paul Kurdyak,David L. Streiner-2007-02-01-The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
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Both the K6 and the K10 appear to be excellent screening instruments, especially for current depression. Although performance of the 2 instruments is similar, the K6 is more attractive for use as a screening instrument because of the lower response burden.

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Both the K6 and the K10 appear to be excellent screening instruments, especially for current depression. Although performance of the 2 instruments is similar, the K6 is more attractive for use as a screening instrument because of the lower response burden.

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Depression (economics)RespondentConfidence intervalDistressMental healthPopulationPsychiatryReceiver operating characteristic

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