ReviewClinical interventions in aging2018
Assessment of late-life depression via self-report measures: a review.
Review in Clinical interventions in aging, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04180683 (Comparison Study of the Different Abbreviated Versions of the Geriatric Depression Scale), which is not on this map. Cited by 63 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparison Study of the Different Abbreviated Versions of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) in Elderly With Neurocognitive Disorders Attending Social Responses
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluating outcomes of advance care planning interventions for adults living with advanced illness and people close to them: A systematic meta-review.Palliative medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The Frail Depressed Patient: A Narrative Review on Treatment Challenges.Clinical interventions in aging · 2022Pooled it
- Self-report depression screening measures for older Hispanic/Latin American adults: A PRISMA systematic review.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Pooled it
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- Considerations for Use of the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia Among Assisted Living Residents: Factor Analysis Results.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Trial
- People with diabetes need a lower cut-off than others for depression screening with PHQ-9.PloS one · 2020Trial
- Depressive symptoms and functional dependence in near-centenarians and centenarians: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Differentiation between depressive disorder and insomnia disorder with depressive symptoms across age groups using machine learning.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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- Cross-sectional and longitudinal functional network alterations associated with subthreshold depressive symptoms in healthy older adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- The association between new-use of antipsychotics and all-cause mortality in a cohort of patients with dementia in Argentina.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Associations between social factors and spinal pain-related disability in people with back pain and/or neck pain.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Psychological distress across 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic differs by age and by race/ethnicity.Journal of traumatic stress · 2025Article
- Cognitive Deficits in Late-Life Depression: From Symptoms and Assessment to Therapeutics.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2025Review
- Building Consensus on the Relevant Criteria to Screen for Depressive Symptoms Among Near-Centenarians and Centenarians: Modified e-Delphi Study.JMIR aging · 2025Article
- Getting comfortable with physical discomfort: A scoping review of interoceptive exposure in physical and mental health conditions.Psychological bulletin · 2025Article
- Investigating the factor structure of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment: a qualitative review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- Personality traits and measures of neuropsychiatric symptoms.Aging & mental health · 2025Article
- Impact of Meditation on Improving Quality of Life Among Glaucoma Patients: A Study Protocol.Patient related outcome measures · 2025Article
- Using the 5Ms Framework to Advance Aging-Responsive Care for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Review
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Depression in later life is a significant and growing problem. Age-related differences in the type and severity of depressive disorders continue to be questioned and necessarily question differential methods of assessment and treatment strategies. A host of geropsychiatric measures have been developed for diagnostic purposes, for rating severity of depression, and monitoring treatment progress. This literature review includes the self-report depression measures commonly and currently used in geropsychological practice. Each of the included measures is considered according to its psychometric properties. In particular, information about reliability; convergent, divergent, and factorial validity evidence based on data from clinical and nonclinical samples of older adults; and availability of age-appropriate norms was provided along with the strengths and weaknesses of each measure. Results highlighted that in cognitively intact or mildly impaired patients over 65 years, the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 currently seem to be the preferred instruments. The psychometric functioning of the Beck Depression Inventory-II and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, instead, is mixed in this population. Most importantly, this review may be a valuable resource for practicing clinicians and researchers who wish to develop state-of-the-science assessment strategies for clinical problems and make informed choices about which instruments best suit their purposes in older populations.
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