Sheikh J I, Yesavage J A, Brooks J O, Friedman L, Gratzinger P, Hill R D, Zadeik A, Crook T
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, California.
Int Psychogeriatr. 1991 Spring;3(1):23-8. doi: 10.1017/s1041610291000480.
The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) is commonly used to measure depression in the elderly. However, there have been no reports of the underlying structure of the GDS. To this end, the GDS was administered to 326 community-dwelling elderly subjects, and the data were subjected to a factor analysis. A five-factor solution was selected and, after a varimax rotation, the factors that emerged could be described as: (1) sad mood, (2) lack of energy, (3) positive mood, (4) agitation, and (5) social withdrawal. This solution accounted for 42.9% of the variance. Knowledge of the factor structure should aid both clinicians and researchers in the interpretation of responses on the GDS.
老年抑郁量表（GDS）通常用于测量老年人的抑郁状况。然而，目前尚无关于GDS潜在结构的报道。为此，对326名社区居住的老年受试者施测了GDS，并对数据进行了因子分析。选择了一个五因子解，经过方差最大化旋转后，出现的因子可描述为：（1）情绪低落，（2）缺乏精力，（3）积极情绪，（4）激动，（5）社交退缩。该解解释了42.9%的方差。了解因子结构应有助于临床医生和研究人员解释GDS上的反应。
