Why: Depression is common in late life, effecting nearly five million of the 31 million Americans aged 65 and older. Both major and minor depression are reported in 13% of community dwelling older ...

2003). Lack of diagnostic standardization in AD cognitive screenings Despite several screening methods for the diagnosis of depressive disorders, including the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), which ...

the Nurses’ Observation Scale for Geriatric Patients (NOSGER), the Barthel scale, and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). The authors conducted the study among 110 older adults patients with ...

11 may be as accurate as the application of more formal scales such as the Geriatric Depression Scale. 12 However, this simple dichotomous output does not allow for graded evaluation of depression in ...

More than one-third of patients with SSc screened positive for self-reported depression, with GI involvement identified as the most significant predictor.

The phase III X-TOLE2 and X-TOLE3 trials in focal-onset seizures are ongoing, with the first topline data readout anticipated ...

Although this tool was not used in newfound articles, it is mentioned because of high relevance in geriatrics. Some studies reported geriatric syndromes that overlap with other domains. GA can fill a ...

General service in the US military may lower, rather than heighten, the risk of depression, despite the relatively high ...

A new study has found that depression is linked to an increased risk of dementia in both mid and later life.