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| Development of the EURO-D scale - a European Union initiative to compare symptoms of depression in 14 European centres | | Author(s) | M J Prince, F Reischies, A T F Beekman |
| Journal title | The British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 174, April 1999 |
| Pages | pp 330-338 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Symptoms ; Measurement ; Comparison ; Europe. |
| Annotation | In an 11-country European collaboration (the EURODEP Concerted Action Programme), 14 population-based surveys on depression included 21,724 people aged _65 years. Most participating centres used the Geriatric Mental State (GMS), but other measures were also used. The EURO-D depression symptoms scale enabled comparison of risk factor profiles between centres. Common items were identified from the instruments. Algorithms for fitting items to GMS were derived by observation of item correspondence or expert opinion. The resulting 12-item scale was checked for internal consistency, criterion validity and uniformity of factor-analytic profile. The EURO-D is internally consistent, capturing the essence of the parent instrument. A two-factor solution seemed appropriate: depression, tearfulness and wishing to die loaded on the first factor (affective suffering); and loss of interest, poor concentration and lack of enjoyment on the second (motivation). The EURO-D should enable valid comparison of risk-factor associations between centres, even if between-centre variation remains difficult to attribute. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990427218 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CT: 3R: 48: 74 |
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