Use of the GDS-15 geriatric depression scale as a screening instrument for depressive symptomatology in patients with Parkinson's disease and their carers in the community

Age and Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-38

  Meara, Jolyon ^a   Mitchelmore, Eurian ^a   Hobson, Peter ^a  

^a GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carer; Depression; Depression scale; GDS 15; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0032966337     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/28.1.35     Document Type: Article

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