Short versions of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) among widowed older people in Taiwan: Comparing their psychometric properties

Yueh Ping Li, Chung Ying Lin, Fang Wen Hu, Samuel A. Shih

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Objective: To compare the psychometric properties of different short versions of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) among community-dwelling widowed older people. Methods: A cross-sectional design was conducted between February 2018 and August 2019 in southern Taiwan (n = 330). The GDS short versions included Hoyl et al’s 5-item version, Molloy et al’s 5-item version and van Marwijk et al’s 4-item version. Results: All GDS short versions had satisfactory internal consistency (α = 0.83-0.90), with strong item loading embedded in the same construct of depression (0.43-0.72). The activity of daily living (ADL) scores had strong associations with van Marwijk et al’s 4-item version (absolute standardised coefficient [|β|] = 0.15-0.59), Hoyl et al’s 5-item version (|β| = 0.16-0.45) and Molloy et al’s 4-item version (|β| = 0.09-0.40). Conclusions: Hoyl et al’s 5-item version was found to be more suitable than the other two versions of the GDS to assess the precise construct of depression. Meanwhile, van Marwijk et al’s 4-item version can be used when the focus is on ADL performance. However, the conclusion should be interpreted with caution since the results were derived only from a widowed population in Taiwan. More research on this topic among other populations is thus needed to corroborate our conclusion.

原文English
頁(從 - 到)e294-e300
期刊Australasian Journal on Ageing
40
發行號4
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2021 12月

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 社區和家庭護理
  • 老年病學和老年學

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