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| Screening for depression among geriatric inpatients with short versions of the Geriatric Depression Scale | | Author(s) | Ajit Shah, Virach Phongsathorn, Celia Bielawska, Cornelius Katona |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 11, no 10, October 1996 |
| Pages | pp 915-918 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Dementia ; In-patients ; Screening. |
| Annotation | The performances of shorter versions of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) are examined. The GDS4 (4 item version) has poor sensitivity and specificity in a dementia subsample. The GDS-15 (15 item version) and GDS-10 (10 item version) may be utilised in screening for depression among continuing care geriatric inpatients, but would require prospective evaluation among acutely ill geriatric inpatients. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970421012 A |
| Classmark | ENR: EA: LF7: 3V |
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