Center for epidemiologic studies depression scale cesd. In the geriatric depression scale, questions are answered yes or no. The gds long form is a brief, 30item questionnaire in which participants are. Geriatric depression scale gds yesavage ja, brink tl, rose tl, et al. While there are many instruments available to measure depression, the geriatric depression scale gds, first created by yesavage, et al. Validity of the brazilian version of the geriatric depression scale gds among primary care patients volume 22 issue 1 milena sampaio castelo, joao m. Cmrra, ascap, latinautor, umpg publishing, umpi, uniao brasileira.
Circle the answer that best describes how you felt over the past week. The gds long form is a brief, 30item questionnaire in which participants. A fivecategory response set is not utilized in order to ensure that the scale is simple. Mini entrevista neuropsiquiatrica internacional mini. 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 geriatric depression scale gds is a 30item selfreport assessment used to identify depression in the elderly. Geriatric depression scale short form 1 tools may be copied without permission instructions. Development and testing of a fiveitem version of the geriatric depression scale. We provide no intepretation of results, but you all know that patients with scores higher than 5 should be interviewed carefully.
We now have a free iphone app that allows you to do the 15item gds. Geriatric depression scale30 long version ahrq academy. Development and validation of a geriatric depression. Please tell me how often you have felt this way during the past week. Answers indicating depression are in bold and italicized. Items 26 through 30 are used to help clinicians identify areas of concern for the respondent. We will consider this page to be under continuous development and try to keep translations of the scale available. Center for epidemiologic studies depression scale cesd, nimh below is a list of the ways you might have felt or behaved. You will be redirected to the full text document in the repository in a few seconds, if not click here. Geriatric depression scale long form patients name. Have you dropped many of your activities and interests.
Document information click to expand document information. The original geriatric depression scale gds was a 30item questionnaire timeconsuming and challenging for some patients and staff. This scale was developed as a basic screening measure for depression in older adults. Geriatric depression scale long form cme outfitters. Later versions retain only the most discriminating questions. The aim of the present study was to determine the validity of the brazilian version of the geriatric depression scale gds with 30 gds30, 15 gds15, 10 gds10, 4 gds4 and 1 gds1 items and to calculate the optimum cutoff points for identifying depression among elderly primary care subjects. Secala coleta dos dados foi realizada em duas etapas. Depression assessments such as the 4item geriatric depression scale are easy and quick to. May 03, 2019 escala yesavage abreviada pdf objetivo. We now have a free iphone app that allows you to do the 15item gds on your iphone and automatically calculate the results. Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale. A crosssectional study was carried out involving 220 elderly patients. Choose the best answer for how you felt over the past week.
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