Validity and reliability of the Minimun Data Set Depression Rating Scale (MDSDRS) for older adults in nursing homes

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 435-438

  Anderson, Rachel L ^a   Buckwalter, Kathleen C ^a   Buchanan, Robert J ^b   Maas, Meridean L ^c   Imhof, Sara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Minimum Data Set; Nursing homes; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; HOME FOR THE AGED; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0042674295     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/32.4.435     Document Type: Article

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