title: The Italian DAS as a screening instrument for depression in the elderly.
abstract: The accuracy of the 14-item Italian version of the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (IDAS-14) as a screening tool for depression among elderly people is evaluated and compared with the BDI. Results for the IDAS-14 are most satisfactory, since high levels of both specificity (0.95) and sensitivity (0.89) may be obtained at a given cut-off score (56).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Cagliari, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carpiniello
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Carta
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pariante
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rudas
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Reda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results