Geriatric Depression Scale Items and Mortality in Italian Elderly Persons Living at Home
โ Scribed by Renzo Rozzini; Marco Trabucchi
- Book ID
- 114750415
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-8614
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## Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of the 30-item and shortened versions of the geriatric depression scale (gds) in diagnosing depression in older nursing home patients. ## Method: Three hundred and thirty-three older nursing home patients participated in a prospective cross-secti
Psychiatric morbidity, using the General Health Questionnaire, which detects mainly anxiety and depression, was examined in three samples of elderly people at baseline and at follow-up 2 %-3 years later. One sample comprised all people aged 85 plus who could be traced from Family Health Services Aut