27745 Psychology Department, Sonora Technology Institute, Sonora, Mexico.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2021 Oct;93(3):854-863. doi: 10.1177/0091415020957387. Epub 2020 Sep 22.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Geriatric Depression Scale in its 15-item version (GDS-15) in Mexican older adults. Participants included 1178 older adults between the ages of 60 and 94 ( = 69.16, SD = 7.69); 53.9% were women and 55.8% were married or with a partner. They completed the GDS-15, a subjective well-being scale, and a quality-of-life questionnaire. A Kuder-Richardson coefficient of .80 was obtained, which indicates an acceptable internal consistency of the GDS-15, as well as evidence of divergent validity with significant correlations of -.783 with subjective well-being and -.569 with quality of life, in addition to concurrent validity when discriminating between participants with low scores from those with high scores of depressive symptoms. The need for a simple screening tool such as the GDS-15 that helps in the identification of depressive symptoms in Mexican older adults is underlined.
本研究旨在评估老年抑郁量表 15 项版本（GDS-15）在墨西哥老年人中的信度和效度。参与者包括 1178 名年龄在 60 至 94 岁之间的老年人（M=69.16，SD=7.69）；53.9%为女性，55.8%已婚或有伴侣。他们完成了 GDS-15、主观幸福感量表和生活质量问卷。获得了 Kuder-Richardson 系数为.80，表明 GDS-15 的内部一致性可接受，与主观幸福感呈显著负相关（r=-.783），与生活质量呈显著负相关（r=-.569），同时具有鉴别力，可区分低抑郁症状评分和高抑郁症状评分的参与者。强调了需要一种简单的筛查工具，如 GDS-15，以帮助识别墨西哥老年人的抑郁症状。
