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Validation of the Spanish version of the geriatric depression scale (GDS) in primary care
Author(s)	M I Fernandez-San Martin, C Andrade, J Molina
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 3, March 2002
Pages	pp 279-287
Keywords	Depression ; Evaluation ; Spanish language ; General practice ; Spain.
Annotation	The predictive value of the 30-question Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) in Spanish was assessed with 218 patients aged 65+ at three health centres in Madrid. 192 were interviewed using the GDS and Geriatric Mental Schedule (GMS). Of these, 103 were considered "non-cases of depression" and 60 others made up the "cases of psychotic/neurotic depression" group. Considering a prevalence of depression of 30%, the predictive value for positives was 50% and for negatives 91.7%. Those with cognitive deterioration had a mean GDS score similar to those did not present deterioration. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020327214 A
Classmark	ENR: 4C: 6WG: L5: 76S
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