Is the geriatric depression scale a reliable screening tool for depressive symptoms in elderly patients with cognitive impairment?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 556-562

  Debruyne, Hans ^a,e   van Buggenhout, Michael ^b,c,d   Le Bastard, Nathalie ^b   Aries, Marcel ^a   Audenaert, Kurt ^e   de Deyn, Peter Paul ^a,b,d   Engelborghs, Sebastiaan ^a,b,c,d  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d University College Antwerp   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cornell scale for depression in Dementia; Dementia; Depression; Geriatric depression scale; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNELL SCALE FOR DEPRESSION IN DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 67649386348     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2154     Document Type: Article

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