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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| 胡令芳教授 (内科及药物治疗学系) |
| Professor David Robert THOMPSON (那打素护理学院) |
| 周柏珍教授 (那打素护理学院) |
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| 数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548500500093688 |
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摘要Depression is common in patients following stroke and has been found to be related to the degree of functional disability, recovery and engagement in rehabilitation. Consequently, screening for depression is crucial in this group in order to facilitate the delivery of appropriate psychological support. The current study sought to determine key psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) in this group. Three versions of the GDS were evaluated, these being the 30-item original measure (GDS-30), the short-form version comprising 15 items (GDS-SF) and a recently developed innovative four-item version (GDS-4). Confirmatory factor analysis revealed the GDS-30 and GDS-SF to offer an acceptable fit to data suggesting utility of these measures for screening. However, the GDS-4 offered a poor fit to the data, suggesting this measure was an inadequate measure of depression in this clinical group. Further, though GDS-30 and GDS-SF measures revealed good internal consistency, the performance of the GDS-4 was marginal. However, all GDS-derived measures demonstrated excellent convergent and divergent validity. It is concluded that the GDS-30 is a useful and appropriate screening instrument in this group. Further, the GDS-SF shows promise in terms of development as a multidimensional measure of depression that may have predictive and outcome monitoring potential. The psychometric shortcomings of the GDS-4 strongly suggest that this measure is unsuitable for screening in this clinical group. ? 2006 Taylor & Francis.
着者Chau J., Martin C.R., Thompson D.R., Chang A.M., Woo J.
期刊名称PSYCHOLOGY HEALTH & MEDICINE
出版年份2006
月份2
日期1
卷号11
期次1
出版社Brunner - Routledge (US)
出版地United States
页次48 - 59
国际标準期刊号1354-8506
语言英式英语
关键词Chinese, Depression, Psychometrics, Stroke
