Clinical and psychometric Validation of the geriatric depression scale (GDS) for portuguese elders

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-236

  Pocinho, Margarida T S ^a   Farate, Carlos ^b   Dias, Carlos A ^b   Lee, Tina T ^c   Yesavage, Jerome A ^c  

^a Superior School of Health Technology of Coimbra   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Superior Miguel Torga   (Portugal)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS); Portuguese elders; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849099025     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317110802678680     Document Type: Article

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