Screening for depression on continuing care psychogeriatric wards.
The performance of the Depressive Signs Scale (DSS) completed by the nursing staff, in detecting significant clinical depression among continuing care psychogeriatric inpatients was examined. A cutoff score of 5/6 gave the best sensitivity (70%) and specificity (72%) in the whole sample. The same cutoff value gave the best sensitivity (62%) and specificity (72%) in the dementia subsample.
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Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London, UK.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006757:Hospital Units; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity