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| Development of a shorter version of the Geriatric Depression Scale for visually impaired older patients | | Author(s) | Irfan I Galaria, Robin J Casten, Barry W Rovner |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 12, no 4, December 2000 |
| Pages | pp 435-444 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Screening ; Visual impairment. |
| Annotation | Clinical diagnosis of major depression was used as the dependent variable, with four items from the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) to form the GDS-Abbreviated (GDS-A) scale. Endorsing any two these four items - dissatisfied with life, feeling helpless, reporting problems with memory, and lost activities and interest - yielded the best results. The GDS-A's short format and strong discriminating ability makes it an effective, convenient tool for screening visually impaired, older patients for depression. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010321201 A |
| Classmark | ENR: 3V: BR |
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