scholarly journals Older Adult Self Report Construct and Criterion Validity Evidence for the Brazilian Elderly

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Rosa de Oliveira ◽  
Luis Henrique Paloski ◽  
Marianne Farina ◽  
Valéria Gonzatti ◽  
Adriano Medeiros Cunha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adult ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Adaptive Functioning ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Validity Evidence

<p>In Brazil, the number of validated and recognized scientific instruments for clinical evaluation of elderly persons is limited. The Older Adult Self-Report (OASR) is a psychopathological rating scale for persons with more than 60 years, which evaluates adaptive functioning and psychopathology. The aim of this study was at investigating OASR construct and criterion validity evidence for Brazilian elderly. The sample included 345 individuals, between 60 and 94 years of age, which were recruited by convenience. Participants responded to a questionnaire containing questions about demographic and health information, the Mini Mental State Examination, the Geriatric Depression Scale short version and the OASR. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation and discriminant analysis. The results showed significant associations between the scores of OASR’s subscales, correlating with general cognitive ability and depressive symptoms. Furthermore, OASR was sensitive to identify elderly with significant symptoms of depression. In conclusion, the OASR showed adequate evidence of construct and criterion validity for a sample of Brazilian elderly.</p>

Development of an Interview-Based Geriatric Depression Rating Scale

1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Jamison ◽  
Forrest Scogin
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Geriatric Depression ◽  
External Criterion ◽  
Affective Disturbance ◽  
Hamilton Rating Scale

The geriatric depression rating scale (GDRS) is a new interview-based depression rating scale designed for use with adults 60 years of age or older. The scale was developed to fill a need for an instrument that would be sensitive to the problems encountered in assessing depression among older adults. The GDRS was designed by using items from the self-report Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) as topic areas in a structured clinical interview similar to that of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD). The 35-item rating scale was administered to 68 older individuals with a range of affective disturbance. The scale was found to have internal consistency and split-half reliability comparable to the HRSD and GDS. Concurrent validity, construct validity, external criterion validity, sensitivity, and specificity were all found to be acceptable.

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.

scholarly journals Correlation Between Level of Depression and Risk of Suicide in Elderly at Purwodadi, Grobogan

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Rilla Fiftina Hadi ◽  
Titis Hadiati ◽  
Natalia Dewi Wardani
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Severity Rating ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Abstract Background: According to WHO, the elderly people have physical and mental challenges, including depression. The incidence of depression lead to suicide on elderly is about 12.7%. In Grobogan Regency, Purwodadi, Central Java, there has been an increase of depression in the last 5 years. Purwodadi Subdistrict depends on the number of orders with the highest number of traffic cases and the elderly.Objective: To determine the correlation between depression level and the risk of suicide.Methods: This research is a quantitative study with cross sectional design in which all respondents were observed and variables were measured at one time. Samples were taken from elderly outpatient of primary health care and Posyandu lansia at Purwodadi, who met the inclusion and exclusion criterias. Research samples were selected based on nonprobability sampling method through purposive sampling. This research used the Indonesian version of the GDS (Geriatric Depression Scale) and CSSRS (Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale) questionnaire.Results: The prevalence of elderly depression is 63.3%, and a significant correlation was found between severe depression and low risk of suicide (p <0.05)Conclusion: significant correlation was found between severe depression and low risk of suicide

scholarly journals DO PERSONALITY TRAITS INFLUENCE PERCEPTIONS OF COGNITIVE CHANGE IN COMMUNITY DWELLING OLDER ADULTS?

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S893-S894
Author(s):  
Thomas M Meuser ◽  
Regula H Robnett
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Cognitive Change ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Influence Perceptions

Abstract Recent research has linked personality traits and risk for cognitive impairment in advancing age. Associations with neuroticism are particularly robust. Both longstanding and recent elevations may predict dementia. Other traits – conscientiousness and openness to experience – also show unique associations. These findings derive mainly from large sample population studies and smaller clinical investigations. Relevance to the general population is unclear. We investigated the “big five” personality traits and cognition in 232 community-dwelling adults (73% female, 97% Caucasian, mean age 72 years). Scores on a self-report screen for dementia – the AD8 – framed the sample: 77% scored 0 points, no dementia; 23% scored 2+, possible dementia. Age and personality were independent variables in a binary logistic regression with AD8 status as dependent. All predictors but one, extraversion, were significant (p &lt; .05), suggesting that personality traits may influence perceptions of cognitive change. Higher agreeableness and neuroticism predicted possible dementia status on the AD8, whereas higher openness and conscientiousness predicted normal cognition. Interestingly, most in the AD8 positive group (70%) denied having “more problems with memory than most” on the Geriatric Depression Scale. These perceptions would seem incompatible, especially for true positive cases. Our findings suggest that the role of personality in dementia screening (and, perhaps, diagnosis) may be more nuanced than indicated in other studies. Longstanding traits and present perceptions are both elements of the evaluative process, as much as test scores and reported history. Our findings speak to the value of a person-centered, context-aware approach in cognitive screening.

scholarly journals Relationship between parenting styles and depression in adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Sanchary Prativa ◽  
Farah Deeba
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
The Family ◽  
Authoritative Parenting Style ◽  
The Relationship

This study aimed at examining the relationship between parenting styles and depression in adolescents. Convenient sampling was used to collect 100 adolescents (Mean age = 15.25 years, Sd = 0.90) from two colleges of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Parental Attitude Questionnaire (PAQ) was used to measure parenting styles and two other self-report measures, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) were used to assess depression in adolescents. From multiple regression analysis significant relationship was found between parenting style and adolescents’ depression measured by one self-rating scale. The overall regression model for investigating the relationship between parenting style and depression in adolescent was significant with HADS, (F = 3.77, p = 0.007) but not significant with SMFQ scores (F = 0.880, p = 0.454). For the dependent variable of depression measured by HADS, the strongest predictors were authoritative parenting style (β = –0.28, p = 0.03) and monthly income of the family which is also significant (β = 0.25, p = 0.01). Implications of the findings for child rearing and research are discussed. Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. 28(1): 49-59, 2019 (January)

scholarly journals Depressive Symptoms, Pain, and Quality of Life among Patients with Nonalcohol-Related Chronic Pancreatitis

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy E. Balliet ◽  
Shenelle Edwards-Hampton ◽  
Jeffery J. Borckardt ◽  
Katherine Morgan ◽  
David Adams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Chronic Pancreatitis ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Depressive Symptomology ◽  
The Mean

Objective. The present study was conducted to determine if depressive symptoms were associated with variability in pain perception and quality of life among patients with nonalcohol-related chronic pancreatitis. Methods. The research design was cross-sectional, and self-report data was collected from 692 patients with nonalcohol-related, intractable pancreatitis. The mean age of the sample was 52.6 (); 41% of the sample were male. Participants completed the MOS SF12 Quality of Life Measure, the Center for Epidemiological Studies 10-item Depression Scale (CESD), and a numeric rating scale measure of “pain on average” from the Brief Pain Inventory. Results. Depressive symptoms were significantly related to participants’ reports of increased pain and decreased quality of life. The mean CESD score of the sample was 10.6 () and 52% of the sample scored above the clinical cutoff for the presence of significant depressive symptomology. Patients scoring above the clinical cutoff on the depression screening measure rated their pain as significantly higher than those below the cutoff () and had significantly lower physical quality of life () and lower mental quality of life (). Conclusion. Although causality cannot be determined based on cross-sectional, correlational data, findings suggest that among patients with nonalcoholic pancreatitis, the presence of depressive symptoms is common and may be a risk factor associated with increased pain and decreased quality of life. Thus, routine screening for depressive symptomology among patients with nonalcoholic pancreatitis may be warranted.

Screening Depression Among Institutionalized Older Chinese Men by Minimum Data Set

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 179-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Kuang Liang ◽  
Liang-Kung Chen ◽  
Chia-Fen Tsai ◽  
Tung-Ping Su ◽  
Yuk-Keung Lo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Minimum Data Set ◽  
Geriatric Depression ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Chinese Men ◽  
Minimum Data ◽  
Older Chinese

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of the Minimum Data Set-based Depression Rating Scale (MDS-DRS) and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) in screening depression among older institutionalized Chinese men living in Taiwan. Method: MDS Nursing Home 2.1 Chinese version, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and short form Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) were used among elderly residents in Banciao Veterans Home. Screening results of MDS-DRS and GDS-15, and relationship between 16 MDS Mood and Anxiety symptoms and depression were evaluated. Results: The prevalence of depression defined by MDS-DRS and GDS were 0.2% and 8.7%, respectively. Multiple logistic regression disclosed that E1a (OR: 12.9, 95% CI: 2.8-58.8, p = 0.001), E1k (OR: 15.6, 95% CI: 5.6-43.5, p < 0.001), and E1l (OR: 22.2, 95% CI: 6.1-83.3, p < 0.001) were all independent associative factors for GDS-defined depression but only explained 51.9% of all depressive subjects. Conclusions: The effectiveness of MDS-DRS is limited, and a new MDS-based depression screening instrument is needed.

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