While there are many instruments available to measure depression, the geriatric depression scale gds, first created by yesavage, et al. A new geriatric depression scale gds designed specifically for rating depression in the elderly was tested for reliability and validity and compared with the hamilton rating scale for. Proposed factor structure of the geriatric depression scale. An assessment of depression, anxiety, and stress among. Greenberg, msn, gnpbc, hartford institute for geriatric nursing, nyu college of nursing. Geriatric nursing, 18, 192199 nih consensus development panel. Stroke scale, nihss, modified, mnihss, reliability 5.
Assessment of depression in adults in primary care the questions and tools described here are adjuncts to screening and monitoring and none are diagnostic tools for common mental disorders or depression. Assessment of depression, 3 particular component e. Development and validation of a geriatric depression. Depression is a clinical syndrome of significant relevance in geriatrics, however there are few clini. Besides, ed have a high comorbidity with depression and anxiety. Agedpsychology depressive disorderdiagnosis emotions. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Depression is one of the most common and disabling syndromes of the elderly population to be a major health problem objective. Baixe no formato pdf, txt ou leia online no scribd. Center for epidemiologic studies depression scale cesd. Since adolescence is a particularly vulnerable stage to present depressed mood, and because there is a greater emphasis on depression as a state with the consequent lack of instruments to evaluate it as a feature understood as the tendency to respond in a depressive way to daily situations, 407 young people with an average age of 20. Center for epidemiologic studies depression scale cesd, nimh below is a list of the ways you might have felt or behaved. In mexico, the hospital anxiety and depression scale hads has shown to be a valid and reliable instrument in patients with hiv, cancer, and obesity but its psychometric properties have not been assessed in patients with ed, being the latter the aim of this research.
In assessing a mental disorder, it is important that clinicians explore potential reasons for the. Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale. The geriatric depression scale gds is a 30item selfreport assessment used to identify depression in the elderly. While there are many instruments available to measure depression, this scale has. Use of yesavages geriatric depression scale to evaluate. Women with perinatal depression experience fullblown major depression during pregnancy or after delivery postpartum depression. The shortened form is comprised of 15 items chosen from the geriatric depression scalelong form gdsl. Clinical validation of the geriatric depression scale gds. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. The geriatric depression scale for screening depressive symptoms in.
These symptoms affect the quality of life and treatment adherence, and are associated with other. Use of yesavages geriatric depression scale to evaluate the prevalence of depression in inpatient elderly subjects abstract in english aims. Because assessment choices are guided by the clinicians nomothetic theories, we begin with a brief description of current cognitivebehavioral cb theories of depression. To determine the diagnostic capability of the questionnaire gds yesavage abbreviated spanish version, as detector of depression in cuban population aged 60 and over. Validation of geriatric depression scale in a general outpatient clinic. Depression screening and followup for adolescents and adults dsf nqf 0418, 0418.
The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. The secondary objective was to determine whether there were differences between individuals who were experiencing depression, anxiety, or stress and those who were not. During the past week rarely or none of the time less than 1 day some or a little of the time 12 days occasionally or a moderate amount of time 3. The nih stroke scale nihss international is an initiative by national and international government entities as well as private and scholastic organizations.
The gds long form is a brief, 30item questionnaire in which participants. Yesavage ja, brink tl, rose tl, lum o, huang v, adey m, leirer vo. Assessment of latelife depression via selfreport measures. The primary objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence and severity of depression, anxiety, and stress among a cohort of nationally certified emergency medical services ems professionals.
To evaluate the prevalence of depression in elderly hospitalized in a tertiary hospital, through the application of yesavage s geriatric depression scale, short version gds15. Use of yesavages geriatric depression scale to evaluate the prevalence of depression in inpatient elderly subjects. Dysthymiadepression symptoms that are less severe than those of major depression, but last a long time at least two years. Choose the best answer for how you have felt over the past week. Answers indicating depression are in bold and italicized.
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