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© 1987 Oxford University Press

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VALIDATION OF A BRIEF SCREENING TEST FOR DEPRESSION IN THE ELDERLY

M. A. TUCKER, Medical Officer, S. J. OGLE, Physician in Geriatric Medicine*, J. G. DAVISON, Physician in Geriatric Medicine and M. D. EILENBERG, Psychlatric Liaison Service

The Geriatric Unit and The Department of Adult Psychiatry, Auckland Hospital Auckland, New Zealand

*Dr S. J. Ogle, Geriatric Unit, Auckland Hospital, Private Bag, Auckland 1, New Zealand.

This paper describes the clinical validation of the 10-question Short Zung Interviewer-assisted Depression Rating Scale (Short Zung I.D.S.) which has been derived from the 20-question Zung Self-rating Depression Scale (Zung S.D.S) for use in the elderly. The Short Zung I.D.S. was administered to 104 elderly volunteers from the community and to 33 elderly depressed patients assessed by a psychiatrist. The mean scores (41.3 and 81.0, respectively) were significantly different (P<0.0001). The Short Zung I.D.S. has proved to be a useful brief screening test for depression in the elderly and should be of value in measuring changes in mood.

accepted in revised form October 9, 1986.


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