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Unrecognized geriatric depression in the emergency Department of a Teaching Hospital in Nepal: prevalence, contributing factors, and metric properties of 5 item geriatric depression scale in this population

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02910-8

Published Online: 2020-11-11

Published Print: 2020-12

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Shrestha, Roshana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7275-0615
Shrestha, Anmol Purna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-8534
Shrestha, Abha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7992-7137
Kamholz, Barbara
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Received: 22 June 2020

Accepted: 1 October 2020

First Online: 11 November 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical approval was provided by the institutional review committee of Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences/ Dhulikhel Hospital (IRC-KUSMS, approval number 184/19). Written informed consent (including the use of a thumb print, as needed) from the patient or their immediate family member was obtained for all participants. The questionnaires did not contain the name of the participants; thus, the confidentiality of the participants was maintained.

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