The use of the selfCARE(D) as a screening tool for depression in the clients of local authority home care services?a preliminary study

Banerjee, Sube; Shamash, Kim; MacDonald, A J; Mann, Anthony

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(1998100)13:10<695::aid-gps850>3.0.co;2-7

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“…77. In a more recent report (Banerjee et al 1998) the Self-CARE-D was validated against the semistructured Geriatric Mental State interview with diagnoses generated by the computerized AGECAT algorithm (Copeland et al 1986) for use among recipients of homecare populations showing an adequate level of diagnostic agreement (0 . 77).…”

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Vascular disease risk factors as determinants of incident depressive symptoms: a prospective community-based study

2004

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Vascular disease risk factors as determinants of incident depressive symptoms: a prospective community-based study

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“…However, a subsequent study using the Geriatric Mental State (GMS; Copeland et al , 1986) as the gold standard found that the mean score for cases of depression was ≥ 7, with a specificity of only 45% for the ≥6 cut-off (Blanchard et al , 1994). Another study carried out in elderly people with physical illness recommended a cut-off of ≥7 (Banerjee et al , 1998). Consequently, we decided to explore the effect of depression at two cut-offs of the scale: ≥6 (‘possible depression’) and ≥7 (‘depression’).…”

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Depression and mortality in a high-risk population

Abas¹,

Hotopf

Prince³

2002

Br J Psychiatry

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BackgroundIt is not clear whether the increased mortality associated with depression can be explained by the effects of potential confounding variables.AimsTo measure the effect of depression on mortality after controlling for cognitive decline, cardiovascular risk factors and antidepressant use.MethodA prospective cohort study derived from data from a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of moderate hypertension. Atotal of2584 participants, aged 65–75 years at study entry, were followed up for 11 years.ResultsDepression on the SelfCARE-D scale was associated with mortality after controlling for gender. After controling for cardiovascular risk factors, cognitive decline and anti-depressant use, depression continued to have a modest effect (hazard ratio⩵l.43; 95% CI 1.03–1.98). Depression in males and in people aged under 70 years significantly increased the risk of death.ConclusionsDepression was associated with mortality only after controlling for gender. There was a modest but robust association between depression and mortality that was not explained by confounding by cardiovascular risk factors, cognitive decline or history of antidepressant use.

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“…This 12-item scale has each item scored as a 0 or 1, with scores ranging from 0 to 12. The SelfCARE (D) is specifically intended for use with non-institutionalized older adults [26] and has demonstrated to be a reliable and valid scale [25–27]. Thus, it was ideal for use in the present study.…”

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A Pilot Psychometric Study on the Validation of the Older Women’s Non-Medical Stress Scale (OWNMSS) on an Ethnically Diverse Sample

Laganá

Prilutsky²

2016

J Geriatr Palliat Care

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Introduction Older women often experience various types of stressors, including the death of a spouse and associated financial stress (often with a lack of social support), emotional stress due to factors such as caregiving and being single, and the challenges of the aging process. These circumstances could produce or aggravate anxious symptomatology that can in turn compound the negative effects of aging. A brief scale of perceived stress that is not confounded with health status and covers multiple culturally relevant potential stressors is needed for quick use in busy medical settings. Aim To assess the reliability and the validity of an original stress scale designed to measure perceptions of stress beyond health status in a non-clinical convenience sample of community-dwelling older women. Method In this cross-sectional pilot investigation, via conducting item-total correlations and correlational tests of validity, we studied the psychometric properties of our measure using data from volunteer older subjects (mainly low-income and from non-Caucasian backgrounds). The domains covered by the nine items of the tool were selected based on a literature review of common stressors experienced by older adults, especially by older women. Data were collected face-to-face using a demographic list, a well-established depression measure, a brief posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) screener, and our 9-item stress tool. Primary outcomes: reliability and validity of the scale of older women’s non-medical stress. Secondary outcomes: demographic characteristics of the sample and correlations between stress items. Results Based on our sample of older women (N=40, mean age 71 years), good internal consistency between the items of the stress scale was found (Cronbach’s a=.66). The findings of the data analyses also revealed that our psychometric tool has good convergent validity with the PTSD screener (r=.53). Moreover, in contrast with most other stress tools, it has strong discriminant validity (r=.11) with a well-validated depression scale. Conclusion Our results suggest that this new measure is psychometrically strong. Future research directions encompass using larger samples, ideally including older men with the modification of the scale’s name, as well as validating this tool against more measures. Clinical implications of our findings are briefly discussed.

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The use of the selfCARE(D) as a screening tool for depression in the clients of local authority home care services?a preliminary study

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

Vascular disease risk factors as determinants of incident depressive symptoms: a prospective community-based study

Vascular disease risk factors as determinants of incident depressive symptoms: a prospective community-based study

Depression and mortality in a high-risk population

A Pilot Psychometric Study on the Validation of the Older Women’s Non-Medical Stress Scale (OWNMSS) on an Ethnically Diverse Sample

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