the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), first created by Yesavage et al., has been tested and used extensively with the older population. It is a brief questionnaire in which participants are asked ...

Although advantages and limitations are noted for the scales reviewed, no scale is felt to be useful in all clinical situations or in sample populations. The Geriatric Depression Scale has been ...

We enrolled 210 older persons with depression as cases and another 210 without depression as controls. We used a semi-structured questionnaire, the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), and a cluster ...