SEX-DIFFERENCES IN THE SENSITIVITY OF 2 SELF-REPORT DEPRESSION SCALESIN OLDER DEPRESSED INPATIENTS

Authors
ALLENBURGE R STORANDT M KINSCHERF DA RUBIN EH
Citation
R. Allenburge et al., SEX-DIFFERENCES IN THE SENSITIVITY OF 2 SELF-REPORT DEPRESSION SCALESIN OLDER DEPRESSED INPATIENTS, Psychology and aging, 9(3), 1994, pp. 443-445
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology","Psychology, Developmental
Journal title
Psychology and aging → ACNP
ISSN journal
08827974
Volume
9
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
443 - 445
Database
ISI
SICI code
0882-7974(1994)9:3<443:SITSO2>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Both the Geriatric Depression Scale (J. A. Yesavage et al., 1983) and the Beck Depression Inventory (A. T. Beck, A. J. Rush, B. F. Shaw, & G . Emery, 1979) were less effective in identifying depressed men than w omen in a sample of 191 geriatric psychiatric inpatients with major un ipolar depression. From one quarter to one half of the men were missed cases, depending on the cutoff score used. Separate cutoff scores for older men and women on depression screening instruments may be approp riate.