RT Journal Article
T1 Assessment of validity and comparison of two spanish versions of the geriatric depression scale
A1 Bugallo Carrera, César
A1 Dosil Díaz, Carlos
A1 Pereiro Rozas, Arturo X.
A1 Anido Rifón, Luis
A1 Pacheco Lorenzo, Moisés
A1 Fernández Iglesias, Manuel José
A1 Gandoy Crego, Manuel
K1 GDS
K1 Depression
K1 Older adults
K1 Validation
K1 Spain
AB Introduction: The Geriatric Depression Scale is an instrument used to identifydepression in people of an older age. The original English version of this scale hasbeen translated into Spanish (GDS-VE); two shorter versions of 5- (GDS-5) and15-items (GDS-15) have been developed.Aim of the study: To assess the validity and compare the 5- and 15-item Spanishversions of the GDS among the Spanish population.Materials and methods: 573 Galicia residents aged >50 years participated in thisstudy. The following instruments were applied: the 19-item Control, Autonomy, Self-Realization and Pleasure scale, the Subjective Memory Complaints Questionnaire,the Mini-Mental State Examination test, the GDS-5, and the GDS-15.Results: We found differences in total score between GDS-5 and GDS-15regarding the variable sex. Internal reliability for GDS-5 and GDS-15 was 0.495and 0.715, respectively. Sensitivity and specificity for GDS-5 – with a cut-off valueof 1 – was 0.517 and 0.650, respectively; for GDS-15 – with a cut-off value of 3points – sensitivity was 0.755 and specificity 0.668. GDS-5 has a ROC curve of0.617 and GDS-15 of 0.764.Conclusion: GDS-15, and to a greater extent GDS-5, should be revised oreven reformulated to improve their diagnostic usefulness by choosing higherdiscriminative ability items or even include new items with greater sensitivity thatconsider currently prevailing psychosocial factors
PB Frontiers Media
SN 1664-1078
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31636
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31636
LA eng
NO Bugallo-Carrera C, Dosil-Díaz C, Pereiro AX, Anido-Rifón L, Pacheco-Lorenzo M, Fernández-Iglesias MJ and Gandoy-Crego M (2023) Assessment of validity and comparison of two spanish versions of the geriatric depression scale. Front. Psychol. 14:1101886
NO This work was supported by Grant PID2020-115137RB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033
DS Minerva
RD 26 abr 2026