Screening Tests for Geriatric Depression

Brink, T. L.; Yesavage, Jerome A.; Lum, Owen; Heersema, Philip H.; Adey, Michael; Rose, Terrence L.

doi:10.1300/j018v01n01_06

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“…Symptom measures included the number of painful joints/joint groups (range 0-17), pain severity rating (0-100 scale; 0 ϭ no pain, 100 ϭ extremely severe pain), fatigue rating (0-5 scale; 0 ϭ no fatigue, 5 ϭ severe fatigue), and duration of morning stiffness. Psychosocial measures included the 20-item Parental Stress Scale (10), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (11), the Satisfaction With Life Scale (12), and the short form of the Geriatric Depression Scale (13,14).…”

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Development of an instrument to measure disability in parenting activity among women with rheumatoid arthritis

Katz¹,

Pasch²,

Wong³

2003

Arthritis & Rheumatism

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Objective. To develop a method of assessing and summarizing parenting function and disability, and to use that method to describe parenting disability among a group of women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods Results. Substantial proportions of women with RA experienced disability in parenting activities. Greater disability was reported for activities related to parenting young children. Doing less of parenting functions because of RA was commonly reported. The mean total PDI of women who currently had children under age 18 years, taking into account "doing less" of activities because of RA, was 0.76 (range 0-2.08). Greater parenting disability was associated with poorer general function (HAQ; P < 0.0001), more severe pain (P ‫؍‬ 0.002), greater fatigue (P ‫؍‬ 0.0005), greater parenting stress (P ‫؍‬ 0.005), and greater psychological distress (depressive symptoms; P < 0.0001). Discussion. The PDI appears to be valid. This method can provide the means of assessing parenting disability, its risk factors, and its effects, which may assist in identifying ways of helping individuals with RA cope more effectively with parenting.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of an instrument to measure disability in parenting activity among women with rheumatoid arthritis

Katz¹,

Pasch²,

Wong³

2003

Arthritis & Rheumatism

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“…Yesavage reported a Cronbach's alpha internal consistency reliability for the 30-item GDS of 0.94. The use of 14 as a cutoff score for clinical depression as measured by the GDS is well supported by a number of studies [39][40][41].…”

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Psychosocial effects of an exercise program in older persons who fall

Means¹,

O’Sullivan²,

Rodell³

2003

JRRD

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Abstract-Falling is associated with psychosocial sequelae that may influence functional performance and fall risk. Exercise can improve psychosocial factors. To address the research questions (1) Do psychosocial variables differ among persons with and without falls? and (2) Among persons who fall, can exercise improve psychosocial variables? we evaluated psychosocial and functional performance variables in older persons with and without recent falls. A pretest and posttest design with a nonequivalent control group was used. Community-residing elderly individuals participated, 66 had falls in the past year (fallers) and 77 had no falls (nonfallers). Participants completed measures of self-esteem, depression, psychological impact, and functional performance at baseline and 6 weeks. Baseline descriptive characteristics for fallers and nonfallers were similar. Fallers then completed a 6-week exercise program. Exercise benefited fallers' self-esteem, depression, mobility, social role, social activity, and anxiety. Nearly 40% of fallers were clinically depressed before exercise and 24% were depressed after (p = 0.04). Psychosocial variables correlated significantly with quality of functional performance (p < 0.019). Among fallers, moderate exercise produced a significant improvement in psychosocial variables and functional performance (p < 0.045).

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“…The functional status of enrolled patients was evaluated based on a modified CGA scale consisting of multiple domains (demographic characteristics, physical performance and disability indices, depression and cognitive status) as measured by the activities of daily living (ADL) [9] and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) [10] scales and also by the geriatric depression [11] and mini-mental state [12] scales. For the purpose of our study, we decided to use the ADL and IADL scales.…”

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confidence: 99%

Modulated Chemotherapy According to Modified Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in 100 Consecutive Elderly Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

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After completing this course, the reader will be able to:1. Use a modulation of chemotherapy according to modified geriatric assessment to improve outcomes for elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with an acceptable level of toxicity.2. Offer elderly patients the best tailored treatment while minimizing the dose-limiting toxicity.This article is available for continuing medical education credit at CME.TheOncologist.com. CME CME ABSTRACTChemotherapy is associated with toxicity in elderly patients with potentially curable malignancies, posing the dilemma of whether to intensify therapy, thereby improving the cure rate, or deescalate therapy, thereby reducing toxicity, with consequent risks for under-or overtreatment. Adequate tools to define doses and combinations have not been identified for lymphoma patients. We conducted a prospective trial aimed to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of chemotherapy modulated according to a modified comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in elderly (aged >70 years) patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). In June 2000 to March 2006, 100 patients were stratified using a CGA into three groups (fit, unfit, and frail), and they received a rituximab plus cyclo-

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Screening Tests for Geriatric Depression

Cited by 1,365 publications

References 9 publications

Development of an instrument to measure disability in parenting activity among women with rheumatoid arthritis

Development of an instrument to measure disability in parenting activity among women with rheumatoid arthritis

Psychosocial effects of an exercise program in older persons who fall

Modulated Chemotherapy According to Modified Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in 100 Consecutive Elderly Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

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