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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
2008
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- Usefulness of two instruments in assessing depression among elderly Mexicans in population studies and for primary care Sergio Sánchez-García Teresa Juárez-Cedillo José Juan García-González Claudia Espinel-Bermúdez Joseph J Gallo Fernando A Wagner Felipe Vázquez-Estupiñán Carmen García-Peña Salud Mexico elderly Depression Objective. To determine the psychometric qualities of the CES-DR and GDS scales in the elderly and compare them to clinical psychiatric diagnoses. Material and Methods. The first phase consisted of home interviews for determining the psychometric qualities of the GDS and CES-DR scales. In the second phase, psychiatrists conducted diagnostic interviews. The sample consisted of 534 participants older than 60 years of age insured by the Mexican Institute of Social Security. Results. First phase: Cronbach¿s alpha for the GDS was 0.87 and 0.86 for CES-DR. The GDS factorial analysis found eight factors that could explain 53.5% of the total variance and nine factors that explained 57.9% in the CES-DR. Second phase: Compared to the psychiatric diagnoses, CES-DR reported a sensitivity of 82% and a specificity of 49.2%; GDS reported 53.8% sensitivity and 78.9% specificity. Conclusions. CES-DR and GDS scales have high reliability and adequate validity but the CES-DR reports higher sensitvity. 2008 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10611162003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.6 Vol.50