Psychometric Evaluation of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale using a Community Sample
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1989
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.4.1.125
Abstract
In this study the psychometric properties of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) were evaluated and compared, using a relatively large elderly community sample. The GDS generally performed well, replicating earlier findings from a different population. Also, as hypothesized, the SDS, which has a multiple-choice format, had a higher non-completion rate than the GDS, which has a true-false format. Finally, no significant differences between the responses of young-old and old-old subjects were observed.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Psychology and Aging, v. 4, issue 1, p. 125-126
Scholar Commons Citation
Dunn, Victoria and Sacco, William P., "Psychometric Evaluation of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale using a Community Sample" (1989). Psychology Faculty Publications. 873.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/873
