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| Geriatric depression scale as a community screening instrument for elderly Chinese immigrants | | Author(s) | Ada C Mui |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 8, no 3, Fall 1996 |
| Pages | pp 445-457 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Chinese people ; Immigrants ; Evaluation ; Screening ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Depression is the most prevalent mental health problem among older people, including the Chinese-American population. A Chinese language version of the popular Geriatric Depression Scale Long Form (GDS-LF) and Short Form (GDS-SF) was developed. Based on responses of 50 older Chinese immigrants to the US (25 women and 25 men), the GDS-LF evidenced high internal consistency, but the GDS-SF did not. Factor analysis was then used to develop a new version of the GDS-SF, which was internally consistent. The revised GDS-SF is an important and easy to administer tool for community screening of depression among older Chinese immigrants. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980303272 A |
| Classmark | ENR: TKL: TJ: 4C: 3V: 7T |
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