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Article: Assessing Psychological Well-being of the Old-old: A Comparative Study of GDS-15 and GHQ-12
Title | Assessing Psychological Well-being of the Old-old: A Comparative Study of GDS-15 and GHQ-12 |
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Keywords | Aged Depression Female Finance Health |
Issue Date | 1998 |
Publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wcli20 |
Citation | Clinical Gerontologist, 1998, v. 19 n. 1, p. 65-75 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The purpose of this study was to compare two short measures, viz., the 15-item version of Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in the assessment of the psychological well-being of the old-old in Hong Kong. The sample (7V= 1,034) consisted of 504 males and 530 females aged 70 or above. Results of the study indicated that both measures were of satisfactory reliability (Cronbach alpha =.82 and.75 respectively). Significant and meaningful relationships of GDS-15 and GHQ-12 with social support, physical health, and financial status were established, which provided evidence for the construct validity of the two measures. The findings suggested further that GDS-15 was a more sensitive outcome measure than GHQ-12. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/222901 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.932 |
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dc.contributor.author | Boey, KW | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chiu, HFK | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-12T02:28:59Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-12T02:28:59Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1998 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Clinical Gerontologist, 1998, v. 19 n. 1, p. 65-75 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0731-7115 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/222901 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to compare two short measures, viz., the 15-item version of Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in the assessment of the psychological well-being of the old-old in Hong Kong. The sample (7V= 1,034) consisted of 504 males and 530 females aged 70 or above. Results of the study indicated that both measures were of satisfactory reliability (Cronbach alpha =.82 and.75 respectively). Significant and meaningful relationships of GDS-15 and GHQ-12 with social support, physical health, and financial status were established, which provided evidence for the construct validity of the two measures. The findings suggested further that GDS-15 was a more sensitive outcome measure than GHQ-12. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wcli20 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Clinical Gerontologist | - |
dc.rights | Preprint: This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/[Article DOI]. Postprint: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/[Article DOI]. | - |
dc.subject | Aged | - |
dc.subject | Depression | - |
dc.subject | Female | - |
dc.subject | Finance | - |
dc.subject | Health | - |
dc.title | Assessing Psychological Well-being of the Old-old: A Comparative Study of GDS-15 and GHQ-12 | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Boey, KW: kwboey@HKUCC.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1300/J018v19n01_06 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-2642708354 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 34297 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 19 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 65 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 75 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0731-7115 | - |