The influence of the administration method on scores of the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale in old age

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 280-284

  De Waal, Margot W M ^a   Van der Weele, Gerda M ^a   Van der Mast, Roos C ^a   Assendelft, Willem J J ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agreement; Depression; Psychometrics; Rating scales

Indexed keywords

15 ITEM GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84865100499     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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