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| Screening for depression in low-vision elderly | | Author(s) | Barry W Rovner, Yochi Shmuely-Dulitzki |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 12, no 9, September 1997 |
| Pages | pp 955-959 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Visual impairment ; Screening ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | To assess the utility of one widely used scale for depression, the authors examined the sensitivity and specificity of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) in older visually impaired patients attending a US low-vision clinic. GDS scores were compared with the diagnosis of major depression in statistical models examining interrelationships of vision, depression and disability. The sensitivity and specificity of the GDS were 63% and 77% respectively. A receiver operating characteristic curve showed that the GDS's ability to discriminate patients with and without major depression was no better than chance. Although the GDS was limited as a screen for major depression, it was useful in statistical models examining the interrelationships of vision, depression and disability. Although the GDS is unable to discriminate patients with and without major depression in this population, it is valuable as a continuous measure of depressive symptomatology to examine the interrelationships of vision, depression and disability. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980827273 A |
| Classmark | ENR: BR: 3V: 4C: 7T |
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