The Italian DAS as a screening instrument for depression in the elderly.
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).
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Institute of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Cagliari, Italy.
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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