The validity of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) short form was assessed in a geriatric affective disorders outpatient clinic ( N = 116). The GDS was highly correlated with the Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), and with optimal cutoff scores of 5/6, demonstrated a sensitivity of
Validation of the geriatric depression scale-short form among inpatients
โ Scribed by Emerson L. Lesher; Jeffrey S. Berryhill
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 307 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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The performances of shorter versions of the Geriatric Depression scale (GDS) are examined. A cutoff of 4/5 gives the best sensitivity (80%) and specificity (77%) for the 15-item version (GDS15). A cutoff of 3/4 gives the best sensitivity (75%) and specificity (77%) for the 10-item version (GDSlO). A
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD) as a measure of severity of geriatric depression. One hundred and one elderly patients with DSM-III-R non-psychotic non-bipolar major depression were rated by the interviewing psychiatrist on the Hamilton Ratin