OUTCOME MEASURES IN LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION

The constructs and suggested measures listed here are recommended for inclusion in clinical treatment trials of late-life depression to opti mize the return on the significant effort involved in these studies. T he suggested measures have shown utility in studies documenting outcom es in depression studies; however the measures listed are by no means to be interpreted as exhaustive. The authors propose that consistent u se of a broad set of outcome measures will assist clinicians and polic ymakers in the identification of appropriate treatments for older, dep ressed patients.