Accuracy of the 15-item geriatric depres
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Anton J. M. de Craen; T. J. Heeren; Jacobijn Gussekloo
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Background: Cognitive impairment is common in the oldest old. this might influence the sensitivity and specificity of the 15-item geriatric depression scale (gds-15). few studies, however, have included subjects older than 85 years to evaluate the gds-15 as a screening instrument for depression.