Validation of the Brief Edinburgh Depression Scale (BEDS) in a Mexican population with advanced cancer in a palliative care service.

Oscar Rodríguez-MayoralBárbara Rodríguez-OrtízLeticia Ascencio-HuertasAdriana Peña-NievesEmma VerásteguiSilvia Allende-PérezMari Lloyd-Williams

Published in: Palliative & supportive care (2020)

Major depressive disorder is frequent in Mexican palliative patients. The Spanish-language Mexican version of the BEDS is the first valid case-finding tool in advanced cancer patients in this setting.

Keyphrases

palliative care
advanced cancer
major depressive disorder
bipolar disorder
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
healthcare
mental health
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors