The evaluation and design of a short depression screening tool in Turkish older adults

Abstract

GDS-15 is the most powerful screening scale for geriatric depression. GDS-4 and GDS-5 are not eligible for depression screening in Turkish older adults. All new short scales are valid and reliable, and TGDS-4 is a practical, less time-consuming option for daily practice.

Validity of the Kihon Checklist for evaluating frailty status in Turkish older adults

“…Evaluation of oral functions might be one of the strengths of KCL. In the present study, another question with limited power to assess frailty according the kappa value was the 24th question that queried about “feeling helpless.” In previous studies of Turkish older adults, the questions about “feeling helpless” have been shown to have low discriminative power in screening for depression . These reasons might explain the low sensitivity and specificity of the frail candidates of the KCL and the control group.…”

“…In previous studies of Turkish older adults, the questions about "feeling helpless" have been shown to have low discriminative power in screening for depression. 16 These reasons might explain the low sensitivity and specificity of the frail candidates of the KCL and the control group.…”

“…The following assessments were used for detailed geriatric evaluation by geriatricians: the Mini‐Mental State Examination (MMSE), CDR and the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) were used for neurocognitive assessment; the Geriatric Depression Scale for emotional state assessment; the Lawton–Brody Instrumental Daily Living Activity Scale (IADL) and Barthel Index (BADL) for activities of daily living; the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) for nutritional evaluation; and the Tinetti Performance‐Oriented Assessment of Mobility (POMA) and Timed Up and Go (TUG) test for mobility evaluation.…”

The AD8 (Dementia Screening Interview) is a valid and reliable screening scale not only for dementia but also for mild cognitive impairment in the Turkish geriatric outpatients

“…Demographic characteristics (age, gender, educational status, and marital status) and detailed geriatric evaluation were recorded. In detailed geriatric evaluation, The Clinical Dementia Rating scale (CDR) (Morris, 1993), The Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale (MOCA) (individuals who were educated for nine years or more) (Nasreddine et al, 2005), the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) (individuals who were educated for five to eight years) (Folstein et al, 1975), Cognitive Status Test (COST) (individuals who were educated four years or less, or illiterate) (Babacan-Yildiz et al, 2013) and the Clock Drawing Test (Shulman, 2000) were used for neurocognitive assessment; The Yesavage Geriatric Depression Scale (YGDS) (Durmaz et al, 2018;Dokuzlar et al, 2018) for emotional state assessment; and The Lawton-Brody Instrumental Daily Living Activity Scale (IADL) (Lawton and Brody, 1969) and Barthel index (BI) (Mahoney and Barthel, 1965) for daily living activities.…”

Utilization of Information Technology in Prevention of Depression in Older Adults

“…Elderly people who experience depression are less likely to show affective symptoms than younger generations. One of the most commonly used screening instruments to measure depression status in older adults and has proven efficacy includes the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)-15 (22). Older adults who experience depression has a tendency to experience a decrease in the quality of life both bio-psycho-social-spiritual.…”