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| Development of a Minimum Data Set-based depression rating scale for use in nursing homes | | Author(s) | Adam B Burrows, John N Morris, Samuel E Simon |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 29, no 2, March 2000 |
| Pages | pp 165-172 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Evaluation ; Nursing homes ; Screening ; United States of America ; Canada. |
| Annotation | There is a need for a standardised instrument to screen for depression in nursing homes which incorporates daily observations of nursing staff. The authors conducted semi-structured interviews with 108 residents from two nursing homes in the US and Canada to obtain depression ratings using the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia. Nursing staff completed Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments. In a randomly assigned derivation sample, the authors identified MDS mood items that were correlated with Hamilton and Cornell ratings. Performance of the MDS compared favourably with the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) when tested against psychiatric diagnoses. Further testing of the MDS is now required. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000717207 A |
| Classmark | ENR: 4C: LHB: 3V: 7T: 7S |
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