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Geriatric Depression Scale - Short Form — validity and reliability of the Hebrew version
Author(s)	G Zalsman, D Aizenberg, M Sigler
Journal title	Clinical Gerontologist, vol 18, no 3, 1998
Pages	pp 3-9
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Depression ; Evaluation ; Screening ; Hebrew language ; Israel.
Annotation	This study evaluated the validity and reliability of the Hebrew version of the Geriatric Depression Scale - Short Form (GDS-SF) in an Israeli geriatric population. Twenty-seven inpatients with a diagnosis of major depression and 21 healthy volunteers were assessed with the GDS-SF, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The GDS-SF Hebrew version scores showed a substantial correlation with the HAM-D scores for both groups. Categorical analysis of diagnosed versus non-diagnosed depression yielded a higher sensitivity to depression, detecting cases that the HAM-D identified as subclinical. Inter-rater reliability and test-retest reliability were high and results were not affected by mother tongue or MMSE scores. The study concluded that the GDS-SF Hebrew version is a valid and reliable rating instrument in the Israeli geriatric population and may be used in clinical and epidemiological studies.
Accession Number	CPA-980423406 A
Classmark	ENR: 4C: 3V: 6WY: 7H6
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