Screening for depression in old age
Wunner, C.; Stemmler, M.; Masuch, J.; Gosch, M.; Waller, C.; Singler, K. · Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2021 · Heft 1 · S. 44 bis 50
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Zusammenfassung
Since 1996, older patients have been treated in the Nuremberg Geriatric Day Hospital. The geriatric depression scale (GDS) is an obligatory part of the geriatric assessment at admission but its use in the clinical setting has revealed some problems. The aim of the study was to compare the GDS with the depression in old age scale (DIA-S) in terms of applicability and psychometric characteristics. As gold standard a semi-structured interview was used to record the depression criteria according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Using a sample of 375 patients, sensitivity and specific…
