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Measuring depressive mood in hospitalized geriatric patients — reliability and validity of the Depression Adjective Check List (DACL)
Author(s)	A Yaretzky, J Lomranz, J Feldman
Journal title	Clinical Gerontologist, vol 19, no 3, 1998
Pages	pp 25-34
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	In-patients ; Depression ; Evaluation ; Geriatric units ; Rehabilitation ; Living in the community ; Israel.
Annotation	The aim of this study is to establish the psychometric properties of the state form of the Depression Adjective Check List (DACL) with hospitalised geriatric patients. A Hebrew version of the DACL, along with the Geriatric Depression Scale (S-GDS), the Canteril's Self-Anchoring Striving Scale and Happiness Scale, were administered to 111 subjects (43 men and 68 women) aged 66 to 95 in three sub-groups: hospitalised patients in the acute geriatric ward, hospitalised patients in the rehabilitation department, and older people living in the community. Results reveal reliability (alphas and test-retest), and validity (concurrent) estimates indicate that the psychometric characteristics of the DACL are adequate for use with hospitalised geriatric patients. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990826266 A
Classmark	LF7: ENR: 4C: LDB: LM: K4: 7H6
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