[Validation of the Geriatric Depression Screening Scale].

Autor: Ramos Brieva JA; Consejería de Salud. Servicio de Investigación. Madrid., Montejo Iglesias ML, Lafuente López R, Ponce de León Hernández C, Moreno Sarmiento A
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Actas luso-espanolas de neurologia, psiquiatria y ciencias afines [Actas Luso Esp Neurol Psiquiatr Cienc Afines] 1991 May-Jun; Vol. 19 (3), pp. 174-7.
Abstrakt: The authors research the predictive validity of the Spanish version of the Geriatric Depression Screening Scale. Cutoff 18 show a sensitivity of 0.94, specificity of 0.94, with a 6% of misclassified cases. Weighted Kappa reliability equal to 0.88.
Databáze: MEDLINE