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geriatric depression scale (GDS)
A psychiatric tool for assessing depression in geriatric patients.
Notes:
- higher GDS scores are associated with aging as much as with dementia [1]
Specific
Cornell depression scale
Yesavage geriatric depression scale
General
screening for depression (includes depression assessment tools)
References
- Masters MC et al. "Noncognitive" symptoms of early Alzheimer
disease: A longitudinal analysis.
Neurology 2015 Jan 14
PMID: 25589671
http://www.neurology.org/content/early/2015/01/13/WNL.0000000000001238