Development and inter-rater reliability of a standardized verbal instruction manual for the Chinese Geriatric Depression Scale - Short form

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 459-463

  Kim, Jae Min ^a   Stewart, Robert ^a   Shin, Il Seon ^b   Yoon, Jin Sang ^c  

^a Kwangju City Mental Hospital   (South Korea)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elderly depression; GDS Manual; Hong Kong; Inter rater reliability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BOOK; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MANUALS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0036258545     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.633     Document Type: Article

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