Geriatric Depression Scale Items and Mortality in Italian Elderly Persons Living at Home

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 990-991
Author(s):  
Renzo Rozzini ◽  
Marco Trabucchi
Keyword(s):  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Geriatric Depression ◽  
At Home

L'appropriation territoriale de la chambre: un outil d'évaluation de l'adaptation de la personne âgée en maison de retraite?

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliane Rioux
Keyword(s):  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Personne Âgée ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Geriatric Depression ◽  
Retirement Home ◽  
Evaluation Tool

ABSTRACTThe research presented here argues for the development of an evaluation tool for elderly persons' adjustment to a retirement home that more specifically measures the psychospatial adjustment of home residents. Elderly persons who enter a retirement home must undergo a process that requires them to first disappropriate their old objects and then reappropriate the new ones that furnish their rooms. The order in which this process occurs is as follows: first, objects from their former residence; second, objects acquired after entry into a home; and, third, objects belonging to the retirement home. After the existence of this process had been verified in a sample of 130 residents aged 67 to 98 years, it was demonstrated that the evaluation tool used in this study significantly correlates with the scale developed by Castonguay and Ferron (1999) that measures elderly persons' adjustment to their environments (EAPAR), as well as with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), which evaluates levels of depression. In this study, this latter is an indicator of adjustment.

Concurrent and Discriminant Validities of the Geriatric Depression Scale with Older Psychiatric Inpatients

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 611-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Hyer ◽  
John Blount
Keyword(s):  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Geriatric Depression ◽  
Depression Diagnosis ◽  
Depression Scales ◽  
Older Populations

The assessment of depression among elderly persons has been difficult to accomplish. A new scale, the Geriatric Depression Scale, however, has been developed to alleviate some of the conceptual and psychometric problems of other more widely used depression scales among older populations. In this study, scores of 61 older psychiatric inpatients were compared for the new scale and the Beck Depression Inventory. These groups did not differ on chronicity, education, or intelligence. Although there is much overlap between the two ( r = .73), there is also considerable independence. Most importantly, scores on the new scale were a more precise indicator of depression diagnosis than the Beck scores. Finally, the new scale was a better discriminator between two older groups, depressed and non-depressed, than the Beck scores.

Correlations between Scores on Chinese Versions of Long and Short Forms of the Geriatric Depression Scale among Elderly Chinese

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Yih Liu ◽  
Chwen-Hwa Lu ◽  
Shu Yu ◽  
Yong-Yi Yang
Keyword(s):  
Short Form ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Coefficient Alpha ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Geriatric Depression ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Short Forms ◽  
Long Form ◽  
Elderly Chinese

A total of 187 elderly Chinese from the community were interviewed with the Chinese versions of the Geriatric Depression Scale-the long form and the short form. The scores on a proposed new version of the short form were also calculated. Cronbach alpha for the Geriatric Depression Scale-long form was .86. The correlations were significant between scores on the long and short forms ( r = .94, p < .05) and between those on the long and new short forms ( r = .91, p <. 05). Cronbach coefficient alpha for the short form was .77 and for the new short form .81. Results of our study indicated that responding by these elderly persons on both short forms is acceptably internally consistent in comparison with those on the original Geriatric Depression Scale.

Geriatric Depression Scale

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome A. Yesavage ◽  
T. L. Brink ◽  
Terence L. Rose ◽  
Owen Lum ◽  
Virginia Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Geriatric Depression

Geriatric Depression Scale--5 Item Version

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Trinidad Hoyl ◽  
Cathy A. Alessi ◽  
Judith O. Harker ◽  
Karen R. Josephson ◽  
Fern M. Pietruszka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Geriatric Depression

Efektifitas Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Terhadap Penurunan Tingkat Depresi Pada Lansia

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 01
Author(s):  
Emy Sutiyarsih ◽  
Sr. Felisitas A Sri S
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Severe Case ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Geriatric Depression ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Scale Test ◽  
Elder People

Depression in eldery couldn’t be easily detected because physical complaint was more often than emotional complaint. In severe case, depression could cause suicidal behaviour (Irawan, 2013). Therefore, elderly need assistance to deal with depression, and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is one of the solution. Research design is pre-experimental design, using pre-test and post-test design. Before intervention, Geriatric Depression Scale test were given to one group of elder people. EFT intervention were given two times for four weeks, and Geriatric Depression Scale test were tested after intervention. Population was elder people who fulfill inclusion criterias, and 30 elderly were obatained. The significancy result was 0,000 (α = 0,05), it could be inferred that EFT has a strong relationship to depression scale. EFT could significantly reduce depression scale in elderly, so it can bes used effectively.

Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Geriatric Depression Scale in Turkish Elderly: Are There Different Factor Structures for Different Cultures?

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Turan Ertan ◽  
Engin Eker
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Geriatric Depression ◽  
Reasonable Time ◽  
Positive Form

The purpose of this study was to examine the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) translated into Turkish for its reliability, discriminant validity, and factor structure in a sample of 276 community-dwelling elderly and 30 patients with major depression. One item (Item 5) was discovered to have conceptual difficulty for Turkish elderly and was transformed to negative form. Item 2 was transformed to positive form to keep the number of positive and negative items equal to that in the original GDS. A reasonable time stability with 1-week interval (r:.74) and a high level of internal consistency (α = .91) were observed. Student's t test resulted in a significant discriminant validity for the scale total score. Factor study with principal component analysis and varimax rotation gave rise to a structure with seven factors. Results of the same analysis with two factors were found to be easier to interpret. The first factor was composed of 19 items reflecting “depressive affect and thought content.” The other 11 items representing “decrease in motivation and cognitive functions” loaded in the second factor. In conclusion, the Turkish GDS was found to have reasonable time reliability, high internal consistency, and discriminant validity for Turkish elderly. Its two-factor structure can be used as an informative instrument for epidemiological studies, reflecting two main dimensions of depression in the elderly.

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