International journal of geriatric psychiatry
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Int J Geriatr Psychiatry · Nov 2007
An evaluation of two self-report screening measures for mood in an out-patient chronic heart failure population.
To examine the criterion validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Geriatric Depression Scale 15-item (GDS-15) in a community sample of Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) out-patients. ⋯ The GDS-15 and HADS are valid screening tools for detecting depression in aged CHF out-patients. However, use of the HADS requires reduced cut-points to ensure that patients with mood disorder are not missed in this population.