A brief version of the geriatric depression scale for the Chinese

Sheung-Tak CHENG, Alfred C. M. CHAN

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Abstract

Elderly persons (N = 310) attending outpatient psychiatric clinics were given an interview on the 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale (T. L. Brink et al., 1982; J. A. Yesavage et al., 1983) and received an independent psychiatric evaluation. A 3-step binary logistic regression showed that 2 items measuring positive affect and 2 others measuring negative affect combined to produce diagnostic performance comparable with the full scale. This result was cross-validated on a different sample (N = 134). A hierarchical measurement model in which the 4 items tapped 2 first-order factors (positive and negative affect), which in turn tapped a higher order construct of depression, provided excellent fit to the data. Copyright © 2004 by the American Psychological Association.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)182-186
JournalPsychological Assessment
Volume16
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Citation

Cheng, S.-T., & Chan, A. C. M. (2004). A brief version of the geriatric depression scale for the Chinese. Psychological Assessment, 16(2), 182-186. doi: 10.1037/1040-3590.16.2.182

Keywords

  • Geriatric Depression Scale
  • Psychiatric evaluation
  • Elderly
  • Chinese
  • Self report
  • Brief version

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