Detection of depression in elderly hospitalized patients in emergency wards in France using the CES-D and the mini-GDS: preliminary experiences

Buccofacial Apraxia, Oropharyngeal Dysphagia, and Dementia Severity in Community-Dwelling Elderly Patients

“…The short version of the Geriatric Depression Scale was used to assess mood disorders and a score of one or more was considered abnormal. 15 Frailty status was evaluated by measuring walking speed on 4 meters and grip strength using a Jamar dynamometer. Walking speed lower than 0.65 m/s was considered as low.…”

The Surprise Question and Identification of Palliative Care Needs among Hospitalized Patients with Advanced Hematologic or Solid Malignancies

“…24,26,27 CES-D has been validated in cancer outpatients as well as hospitalized patients with serious illness. [28][29][30][31][32] Patients also completed the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-being (FACIT-Sp) scale, which measures the extent to which medical patients experienced aspects of spiritual well-being in the past week on a 5-point ordinal scale ranging from 0 to 4. 33 Last, we reviewed charts in November 2014 to assess the presence of advance directives, use of hospice services, and rate of death in the hospital after the index admission.…”

“…24,26,27 CES-D has been validated in cancer outpatients as well as hospitalized patients with serious illness. 28–32…”

Older couples with and without cardiovascular disease: Testing associations between and among affective communication, marital satisfaction, physical and mental health.

“…Depression was measured using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), “a short self-report scale designed to measure depressive symptomatology in the general population” (Radloff, 1977, p. 385). The CES-D has consistently demonstrated itself to be reliable and a valid (criterion and discriminant) measure for depressive symptomatology with split-half correlation and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients ranging from .85 to .92 (Clement et al, 1999; Radloff & Teri, 1986). The CES-D has been used with older individuals and evidenced appropriate psychometric properties (Santor et al, 1995).…”