Measurement index of the Geriatric Depression Scale-3-Apathy Subscale
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20210103-00019
- VernacularTitle:老年抑郁量表中淡漠分量表的测量学指标研究
- Author:
Ying ZHOU
1
;
Liming ZHANG
;
Yidan WANG
;
Hongyi WU
;
Zheng LI
Author Information
1. 北京协和医学院护理学院 100144
- Keywords:
Aged;
Apathy;
Geriatric Depression Scale;
Apathy Evaluation Scale
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2021;27(28):3854-3857
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the Geriatric Depression Scale-3-Apathy Subscale (GDS-3A) in the assessment of apathy in the aged by taking the Apathy Evaluation Scale-Clinician (AES-C) as a reference.Methods:From May 2019 to October 2020, convenience sampling was used to select 475 elderly patients who attended the Outpatient Department of the People's Liberation Army General Hospital and Hepingli Community Health Service Center in Dongcheng District, Beijing as the research object. The 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) , GDS-12-Depression Subscale (GDS-12D) and the AES-C were used for investigation. The statistical analysis was conducted by using the correlation analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve comparison analysis.Results:When GDS-3A selected 2 points as the boundary value, the corresponding sensitivity and specificity were 70.99% and 87.54%, respectively, and the area under the ROC curve was 0.77. GDS-3A was positively correlated with AES-C ( r=0.46, P<0.001) , GDS-12D ( r=0.67, P<0.001) , and GDS-15 ( r=0.87, P<0.001) . Conclusions:GDS-3A has high sensitivity and specificity, and can be used as a screening tool for large-scale epidemiological investigations or community elderly apathy manifestations.
