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Development and inter-rater reliability of a standardized verbal instruction manual for the Chinese Geriatric Depression Scale - Short Form
Author(s)M T P Wong, T P Ho, M Y Ho
Journal titleInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 5, May 2002
Pagespp 459-463
KeywordsDepression ; Evaluation ; Chinese language ; Hong Kong.
AnnotationThe Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) is commonly used in Hong Kong as a screening tool for depression in older people. This study is in two parts. The first describes development of a standardised manual for the verbal administration and scoring of the GDS-SF. The second compares the inter-rater reliability between the standardised and the non-standardised verbal administration of the GDS-SF. Results indicate that the standardised procedure in verbal administration and scoring improves the inter-rater reliabilities of the GDS-SF. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-020529209 A
ClassmarkENR: 4C: 6WS: 7DR

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