Development and testing of a five-item version of the geriatric depression scale

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 873-878

  Hoyl, M Trinidad ^a,b   Alessi, Cathy A ^a   Harker, Judith O ^b   Josephson, Karen R ^b   Pietruszka, Fern M ^c   Koelfgen, Maryanne ^c   Mervis, J Randy ^a   Fitten, L Jaime ^b   Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^c  

^a Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; GDS; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032770599     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb03848.x     Document Type: Article

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