Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form. ≥ 10 points almost always indicates depression. Circle the answer that best describes how you felt over the past week.
Geriatric Depression Scale
One point for “yes” to other questions. A score of 0 to 5 is normal. Recent evidence and development of a shorter version. Web the geriatric depression scale: Web the geriatric depression scale: A score greater than 5 suggests depression. Yes no total score 1 tools may be copied without permission These 15 items were chosen because of their high correlation with depressive symptoms in previous validation studies (sheikh &. Very depressed = 12 ± 2. Score one point for each one selected.
Mildly depressed = 7 ± 3. Adapted from sheikh ji, yesavage ja: One point for “yes” to other questions. Web a short form gds consisting of 15 questions was developed in 1986. One point for “no” to questions 1, 5, 7, 11, 13. Normal = 3 ± 2. Answers indicating depression are in bold and italicized; Mildly depressed = 7 ± 3. ≥ 10 points almost always indicates depression. The short version of the gds is more appropriate for physically ill older adults and. The short form is more easily used by physically ill and mildly to moderately demented patients who have short attention spans and/or feel easily fatigued.
