Open AccessUse of the GDS-15 geriatric depression scale as a screening instrument for depressive symptomatology in patients with Parkinson's disease and their carers in the community
Author(s) -
Jolyon Meara
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/28.1.35
Subject(s) - geriatric depression scale , medicine , depression (economics) , distress , mood , disease , parkinson's disease , cognition , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , physical therapy , clinical psychology , economics , macroeconomics
To assess the level of depressive symptomatology in a community based group of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and their carers and to investigate the patient characteristics that might predict carer distress.
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