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| Comparative performance of long and short forms of the Geriatric Depression Scale in mildly demented Chinese | | Author(s) | Sheung-Tak Cheng, Alfred C M Chan |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 12, December 2005 |
| Pages | pp 1131-1139 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Evaluation ; Chinese language ; Dementia ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | The diagnostic performance of a brief (4 item) version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) is compared with the 15- and 30-item versions of the scale, investigating whether the 4-item version works equally well with mildly demented as with non-demented young-old and old-old people. 442 older Chinese people in Hong Kong were given a GDS interview and received an independent psychiatric evaluation. The 4-item version yielded comparable performance to the 15- and 30-item versions of the GDS, regardless of age and dementia status. It is reasonably robust in the effects of age and mild dementia, whether alone or in combination. Nonetheless, among the old-old demented, only a third of those tested positive were actually positive, but this problem was not specific to the 4-item version. Little, if any information is lost when this brief version of the GDS is used instead of longer ones. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060313208 A |
| Classmark | ENR: 4C: 6WS: EA: 7DR |
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