Screening for Depression in Old Age With Very Short Instruments: The DIA-S4 Compared to the GDS5 and GDS4

Heidenblut, Sonja; Zank, Susanne

doi:10.1177/2333721420981328

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“…Additionally, suffering from the effects of WWII-related events was associated with higher multimorbidity and pain as well as with poorer general health. With regard to mental health, participants suffering from the effects of traumatic WWII events were more often screened positively for depression using a newly developed self-report questionnaire (Heidenblut & Zank, 2020), but were not more likely to be treated for mental illnesses as assessed by self-report.…”

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“…Secondly, depression scores were measured with a short form of the Depression in Old Age Scale (DIA-S4; Heidenblut & Zank, 2010, 2020. The DIA-S4 is a four-item scale that showed good diagnostic performance in a sample of 331 geriatric inpatients (Heidenblut & Zank, 2020). Items (e.g., 'I tend to worry a lot') can be answered 'yes' or 'no'.…”

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“…Ordinal data effects (education, household income) were tested via Mann-Whitney tests. The DIA-S4 was dichotomised, as suggested by the authors (Heidenblut & Zank, 2020). Scale values below 1.5 indicate no possible depressive disorder, while values above 1.5 indicate a possible depressive disorder.…”

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WWII trauma impacts physical and mental health in the oldest old: results from a German population-based study

Hauber

Zank

2021

Aging & Mental Health

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Introduction: Epidemiological studies in different traumatised samples indicate an increased risk for numerous physical and mental diseases. It is suspected that this is due to chronic changes in fundamental processes in the immune, nervous, and endocrine systems, which take years to manifest pathologically. Previous studies have considered intervals of a few decades. However, little is known about whether a link between trauma and physical and mental health can be established over very long periods of time and in the oldest old population. Materials and methods: A total of 1,299 German citizens aged 80 and above were interviewed about ongoing suffering from the effects of traumatic World War II (WWII) events as well as about physical and mental health. Multiple linear and logistic regression models were used to assess the impact of suffering from the effects of traumatic events on general health, several medical conditions, multimorbidity, pain, and depression. Results: 43.94% of the oldest old were still suffering from the effects of traumatic events in connection with WWII. Participants who were still suffering from the effects of traumatic events were more likely to be treated for heart failure, blood diseases, bladder problems, back pain, respiratory or lung diseases, and sleep disorders. They also had poorer general health, higher multimorbidity, more pain, and higher depression scores. Discussion: Findings suggest that chronic psychological suffering from the effects of traumatic events in early life is associated with impaired physical and mental health even seven decades after the events.

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2021

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“…A 4-item short form of the depression in old age scale [ 13 , 14 ] was used to assess depressive symptoms within the previous 2 weeks (i.e. negative affect).…”

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WWII traumatic events, subjective well-being and valuation of life in the very old

2021

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Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und GeriatrieOriginal Contributions Ethical standards. For this article no studies with human participants or animals were performed by any of the authors. All studies mentioned were in accordance with the ethical standards indicated in each case. The study was approved by the ethics committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne . Informed consent was obtained from all participants or their legal representatives.

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“…Proxies were asked to rate the cognitive status of the person they represented on the global deteri-oration scale [24]. Depressiveness was analyzed by means of the DIA-S4 [12]. The DIA-S4 is a four-item short form of the depression in age scale [11] that is interpreted as the number of depressive symptoms.…”

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Multimorbidity in old age and its impact on life results

2021

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Background High prevalence diseases, such as high blood pressure, dementia and depression in old age can lead to multimorbidity, which is often defined as the presence of more than one health condition in an individual. Multimorbidity has negative consequences on health-related quality of life and healthcare utilization. As many age-associated diseases are not curable, therapeutic goals like preservation of autonomy, functioning, and life satisfaction become more important in old age patients. Objective The prevalence of multimorbidity dementia and depressive symptoms and the consequences of multimorbidity on autonomy, functioning, and life satisfaction among the oldest old were examined. Material and methods In personal computer-assisted interviews, participants of the representative study NRW80+ were asked for which health issues they received medical treatment. Results On average, people above the age of 80 years were treated for 3.62 diseases and 31.4% of older people received medical treatment for 5 or more diseases. A connection between multimorbidity and age group could not be shown. Autonomy, functioning, and life satisfaction are reduced in association with multimorbidity. Conclusion Multimorbidity is a frequent phenomenon among old people. A lack of diagnostic procedures and medical treatment can be a reason for the missing age trends. The results illustrate the importance of multimorbidity for patient-relevant outcomes and reveal the need to identify patients with multimorbidity.

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Screening for Depression in Old Age With Very Short Instruments: The DIA-S4 Compared to the GDS5 and GDS4

Cited by 11 publications

References 28 publications

WWII trauma impacts physical and mental health in the oldest old: results from a German population-based study

WWII trauma impacts physical and mental health in the oldest old: results from a German population-based study

WWII traumatic events, subjective well-being and valuation of life in the very old

Multimorbidity in old age and its impact on life results

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