Table 2 Proportion of residents with missing data on individual items of the Geriatric Depression Scale. Limited to residents missing at least one but less than all 15 items.
Item descriptions | Cognitively Impaired Group (n = 251) | Cognitively Intact Group (n = 93) | All Participants (N = 344) |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Are you basically satisfied with your life?* | 37 (15%) | 6 (6%) | 43 (13%) |
2. Have you dropped many of your activities and interests? | 68 (27%) | 10 (11%) | 78 (23%) |
3. Do you feel that your life is empty? | 57 (23%) | 16 (17%) | 73 (21%) |
4. Do you often get bored?* | 47 (19%) | 14 (15%) | 61 (18%) |
5. Are you in good spirits most of the time? | 30 (12%) | 9 (10%) | 39 (11%) |
6. Are you afraid that something bad is going to happen? | 44 (18%) | 13 (14%) | 57 (17%) |
7. Do you feel happy most of the time? | 35 (14%) | 12 (13%) | 47 (14%) |
8. Do you often feel helpless?* | 55 (22%) | 20 (22%) | 75 (22%) |
9. Do you prefer to stay in your room, rather than go out and doing new things?* | 88 (35%) | 11 (12%) | 99 (29%) |
10. Do you feel you have more problems with memory than most? | 80 (32%) | 11 (12%) | 91 (26%) |
11. Do you think that it is wonderful to be alive? | 48 (19%) | 14 (15%) | 62 (18%) |
12. Do you feel pretty worthless they way you are now?* | 78 (31%) | 14 (15%) | 92 (27%) |
13. Do you feel full of energy? | 64 (25%) | 14 (15%) | 78 (23%) |
14. Do you feel that your situation is hopeless? | 74 (29%) | 16 (17%) | 90 (26%) |
15. Do you think that most people are better off than you? | 110 (44%) | 31 (33%) | 141 (41%) |