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| Geriatric Depression Scale vs. Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression in a sample of anxiety patients | | Author(s) | Anita H Clayton, Suzanne Holroyd, Adrienne Sheldon-Keller |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 17, no 3, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 3-13 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Anxiety ; Screening ; Evaluation ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The authors administered the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) to 22 older, cognitively-intact subjects (14 males and 8 females; mean age 66.05 years) who met DSM-III-R criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder. The two scales had a low intercorrelation (Pearson's r = .33) The GDS in the sample appeared much more sensitive in eliciting depressive symptoms than the HAM-D. Frequently reported symptoms of depression in this sample were well-represented on the GDS. For example, most of the patients reported diminished social activities with accompanying malaise and boredom. Cognitive and affective symptoms were also widely reported. In contrast, these symptoms are not assessed as thoroughly on the HAM-D, with few items appropriate to these symptoms. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-971204202 A |
| Classmark | ENR: ENP: 3V: 4C: 49: 7T |
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