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The 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) detects changes in depressive symptoms after a major negative life event
— the Leiden 85-plus Study | | Author(s) | David J Vinkers, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Max L Stek |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 19, no 1, January 2004 |
| Pages | pp 80-84 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Evaluation ; Octogenarians ; Bereavement ; Longitudinal surveys ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Within the Leiden 85-plus Study, the authors prospectively followed 241 subjects aged 85+ who lived together with a partner at baseline. During a mean follow-up of 3.2 years, 55 participants (23%) lost their partner. Of those, 32 subjects completed the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) before and after the loss of their partner. All subjects reported the bereavement to be a major negative life event. The mean increase of the GDS-15 score after the death of a partner was 1.2 points. This was significantly higher than the mean change of -0.06 points in the matched control group. The study shows that the GDS-15 detects change in depressive symptoms after loss of a partner, a negative life event that is the most important factor for depression in older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040303217 A |
| Classmark | ENR: 4C: BBM: DW: 3J: 76H |
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