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Geriatric Depression Scale |
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Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), a brief depression screening inventory composed of 30 items that require yes or no answers. A score of 11 or above indicates depressed individuals. There is a 15-item short version. Scores of 5 or more may indicate depression. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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24) The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was used to measure symptoms of depression. Likewise, a study of 850 hospitalized men found that the degree to which patients used religion to cope was significantly and inversely related to depressive symptoms (whether measured by the self-rated Geriatric Depression Scale or by the clinician-rated observer-rated Hamilton Depression Rating Scale). The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS; Brink, Yesavage, Lum, Heersema, Adey, & Rose, 1982) is a 30-item, self-report, yes/no response questionnaire. |
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