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Psychometric evaluation of a brief geriatric depression screen
Author(s)	R H Lelito, L O Palumbo, M Hanley
Journal title	Aging & Mental Health, vol 5, no 4, November 2001
Pages	pp 387-393
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Depression ; Screening ; Evaluation.
Annotation	The 5-item Geriatric and Extended Careline Depression Screen (GEDS) is based on an abbreviated version of the Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). 91 male residents of a US Veterans Administration and Nursing Home Care Unit were tested with the GDS, along with the Geriatric Depression Scale - Short Form (GDS-SF) and the Discrimination Trait Inventory, to test the validity of the GEDS. Reliability of GEDS was significant, but moderate; and its convergent validity with the GDS was high. No items were identified as redundant. A review of the literature suggested that irritability is an important factor in geriatric depression that had not been included in the original screen. Inclusion of an experimental item to assess irritability, however, did not improve the psychometric properties of the GEDS. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-011210214 A
Classmark	ENR: 3V: 4C
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