Answers indicating depression are in bold and italicized. Depression is more common in those with multiple chronic conditions. Geriatric depression scale30 long version ahrq academy. Geriatric depression scale about dementia pathways.
While there are many instruments available to measure depression, the geriatric depression scale gds, first created by yesavage, et al. Circle the answer that best describes how you felt over the past week. Accuracy of the 15item geriatric depression scale gds15 in a. Choose the best answer for how you have felt over the past week. Circle the answer that best describes how you felt over the past. Jerome a yesavage geriatric depression scale psychopharmacology bulletin 1988 24.
To evaluate the accuracy of a screening tool for lld in a communitydwelling oldestold sample. Geriatric depression scale short form geriatric assessment tool kit. The gds long form is a brief, 30item questionnaire in which participants. As distress associated with medical illness and disability in an elderly homebound population may confound the ability of this tool to correctly detect or recognize. The gds long form is a brief, 30item questionnaire in which. Screening performance of the geriatric depression scale gds15. Geriatric depression scale gds short form choose the best answer for how you have felt over the past week. Geriatric depression scale short form 1 tools may be copied without permission instructions. We evaluated 457 communitydwelling elderly subjects. Total score greater than five indicates probably depression.
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