Validation of Gujarati version of 15-item Geriatric Depression scale in elderly medical outpatients of General hospital in Gujarat
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 12
Abstract
Background: Depressive disorders are a public health problem in developing countries. Access to valid and reliable screening tool is needed to identify geriatric depression. Aims & Objective s : To validate Gujarati version of geriatric depression scale - 15 (GDS - 15) as a screening instrument to identify geriatric Depression in elderly medical patients. Materials and Methods: This is a hospital based cross - sectional study. 200 Gujarati elderly patients (>65 y ea rs) attending the medical out patients department, unaware about their mental health status, were selected and Gujarati GDS - 15 was administered. Then all patients were interviewed by a psychiatrist (blind to their GDS - 15 scores). DSM - IV diagnostic criteria for major depression were used. Various thresholds of the GDS - 15 were compared against the standards of the DSM - IV. A Receiver operator characteristic curve was drawn to obtain the best threshold value. Internal reliability of GDS - 15 was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients. Results: 33.5% (67/200) elderly patients satisfied DSM - IV diagnostic criteria for Major Depression. The optimal threshold for t he GDS - 15 was 7.5 with a sensitivity of 86.6% and a specificity of 73.3%. The area under the curve was 0.877. Cronbach’s alpha of th e total scores was 0.806. Conclusion: The Gujarati GDS - 15 has good properties as screening instruments for major depressio n in Gujarati elderly medical patients, as presented in our findings.
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Nimisha D Desai, Saurabh N Shah, Elavatsla Sharma, Amrita Mishra, Kedar Mehta
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- DOI 10.5455/ijm sph. 2014. 11 0 9 2014 3
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