The 15‐item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS‐15) detects changes in depressive symptoms after a major negative life event. The Leiden 85‐plus Study

Vinkers, David J.; Gussekloo, Jacobijn; Stek, Max L.; Westendorp, Rudi G. J.; Mast, Roos C. van der

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“…death of partner) is 1.2. 121 This is indicative of a clinically important mean difference in Geriatric Depression Scale-15. In previous studies the standard deviation (SD) of the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 in care home residents was in the range of 3.2-3.6; 120,122,124 for depressed care home residents it was 3.5.…”

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“…It avoids using potentially somatic features of depression that may be misleading in this age group, focusing more on mood and functional symptoms of depression. 121 It is one of the most widely used measures in this field. It is simple to complete, with 97% of cognitively intact nursing home residents producing analysable data, and showed high internal consistency in a large sample of US nursing home residents.…”

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“…The Geriatric Depression Scale-15 has been shown to be sensitive to change. 121 The full Geriatric Depression Scale-30, from which the shorter 15-item version is drawn, has been shown to demonstrate significant change in intervention among a very similar population of Australian care home residents. 15 It has been used as a primary outcome measure in trials of interventions for depression among older people.…”

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Reports are published in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) if (1) they have resulted from work for the HTA programme, and (2) they are of a sufficiently high scientific quality as assessed by the reviewers and editors.Reviews in Health Technology Assessment are termed 'systematic' when the account of the search appraisal and synthesis methods (to minimise biases and random errors) would, in theory, permit the replication of the review by others. HTA programmeThe HTA programme, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), was set up in 1993. It produces high-quality research information on the effectiveness, costs and broader impact of health technologies for those who use, manage and provide care in the NHS. 'Health technologies' are broadly defined as all interventions used to promote health, prevent and treat disease, and improve rehabilitation and long-term care.The journal is indexed in NHS Evidence via its abstracts included in MEDLINE and its Technology Assessment Reports inform National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance. HTA research is also an important source of evidence for National Screening Committee (NSC) policy decisions.For more information about the HTA programme please visit the website: www.hta.ac.uk/ This reportThe research reported in this issue of the journal was funded by the HTA programme as project number 06/02/01. The contractual start date was in February 2008. The draft report began editorial review in January 2012 and was accepted for publication in July 2012. The authors have been wholly responsible for all data collection, analysis and interpretation, and for writing up their work. The HTA editors and publisher have tried to ensure the accuracy of the authors' report and would like to thank the reviewers for their constructive comments on the draft document. However, they do not accept liability for damages or losses arising from material published in this report.This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HTA programme or the Department of Health.

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“…The short scale is more easily used by ill patients, and mildly to moderately demented patients, who have short attention spans and/or feel easily fatigued. It takes about 5 to 7 minutes to complete (28)(29)(30). The GDS scale is significantly successful in differentiating depressed from non-depressed adults (31)(32)(33)(34).…”

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Visual acuity and depressive symptoms before and after first eye cataract surgery in elderly patients

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“…Geriatric depression represents a unique opportunity for the conduct of prospective studies of specified depression subtypes and possibly for characterizing patients before the onset of depression. For example, vulnerability factors that may place euthymic individuals at high risk include loss of spouse (Vinkers et al, 2004), caregiver burden (Gallagher et al, 1989;Schulz et al, 1995), medical comorbidity (Cole and Dendukuri, 2003), cancer (Illman et al, 2005), and stroke (Antai-Otong, 2004). Another example is interferoninduced depression, in which many euthymic patients develop psychiatric symptoms including depression following the initiation of treatment (Valentine et al, 1998;Musselman et al, 2001).…”

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Translational Research in Late-Life Mood Disorders: Implications for Future Intervention and Prevention Research

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Clinical and epidemiological studies have consistently observed the heterogeneous symptomatology and course of geriatric depression. Given the importance of genetic and environmental risk factors, aging processes, neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular disease processes, and medical comorbidity, the integration of basic and clinical neuroscience research approaches is critical for the understanding of the variability in illness course, as well as the development of prevention and intervention strategies that are more effective. These considerations were the impetus for a workshop, sponsored by the Geriatrics Research Branch in the Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development of the National Institute of Mental Health that was held on September 7-8, 2005. The primary goal of the workshop was to bring together investigators in geriatric psychiatry research with researchers in specific topic areas outside of geriatric mental health to identify priority areas to advance translational research in geriatric depression. As described in this report, the workshop focused on a discussion of the development and application of integrative approaches combining genetics and neuroimaging methods to understand such complex issues as treatment response variability, the role of medical comorbidity in depression, and the potential overlap between depression and dementia. Future directions for integrative research were identified. Understanding the nature of geriatric depression requires the application of translational research and interdisciplinary research approaches. Geriatric depression could serve as a model for translational research integrating basic and clinical neuroscience approaches that would have implications for the study of other neuropsychiatric disorders.

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The 15‐item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS‐15) detects changes in depressive symptoms after a major negative life event. The Leiden 85‐plus Study

Cited by 86 publications

References 22 publications

Exercise for depression in care home residents: a randomised controlled trial with cost-effectiveness analysis (OPERA)

Exercise for depression in care home residents: a randomised controlled trial with cost-effectiveness analysis (OPERA)

Visual acuity and depressive symptoms before and after first eye cataract surgery in elderly patients

Translational Research in Late-Life Mood Disorders: Implications for Future Intervention and Prevention Research

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