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Geriatric Depression Scale for Nursing and Residential Home Patients Using 12 Items (GDS-12R)

Description

The 12-Item Geriatric Depression Scale for Nursing and Residential Home Patients (GDS-12R) is a shorter version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30). It is based on the GDS-15 and reflects differences between community dwelling and institutionalized elderly patients.


 

The instrument consists of 12 questions:

 

Items removed from the GDS-15: 9, 10 and 15

 

Positive directed (“Yes” indicates not depressed): 1, 5, 7, 9, 11

 

Negative directed (“Yes” indicates depressed): 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

Response

Points for Positive Statements

Points of Negative Statements

Yes

0

1

No

1

0

 

total score =

= SUM(points for all 12 questions)

 

Interpretation:

• minimum score: 0

• maximum score: 12

• A cutoff of >= 4 gives a performance comparable to the GDS-15 at >= 5 (sensitivity 78.6% and specificity of 69.1%)

 

Cutoff

Sensitivity

Specificity

>= 2

95.2%

30.9%

>= 3

83.3%

50.0%

>= 4

78.6%

69.1%

>= 5

72.6%

76.6%

>= 6

57.1%

86.2%

from Table 4, page 178)

 


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