title: Screening for depression on continuing care psychogeriatric wards.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: 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