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- Title
Escala de Yesavage para Depresión Geriátrica (GDS-15 y GDS-5): estudio de la consistencia interna y estructura factorial.
- Authors
Gómez-Angulo, Carine; Campo-Arias, Adalberto
- Abstract
The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), 5 and 15-items version, are useful for identify depressive symptoms among elder people. However, psychometric properties of a version of five items has not explored among colombian elders. The aim of this paper was to study the internal consistency, the factor structure and the construct reliability of the GDS-15 and GDS-5. A total of 105 colombian people over 65 year-old participated in this investigation. The internal consistency, the construct reliability and the exploratory factor analysis were computed. The GDS-15 showed internal consistency of 0.78, the construct reliability of 0.87 and two-dimensional structure. The GDS-5 exhibited internal consistency of 0.73, construct reliability of 0.83 and onedimensional structure. In conclusion the GDS-5 shows better psychometric properties than the GDS-15. However, it is recommended to develop the design a new and more reliability scale.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; DIAGNOSIS of depression in old age; PSYCHOMETRICS; GERIATRIC Depression Scale; PSYCHIATRIC rating scales; DIAGNOSIS of mental depression; FACTOR analysis; MENTAL health of older people
- Publication
Universitas Psychologica, 2011, Vol 10, Issue 3, p735
- ISSN
1657-9267
- Publication type
Article