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Table 3 Mean depression scale score as a function of the presence of diagnosis of depression or receiving antidepressants. Means are standardized to the mean and variance of the scale score for the group without a diagnosis and who did not receive an antidepressant.

From: Measuring depression in nursing home residents with the MDS and GDS: an observational psychometric study

 

Cognitively Impaired Group (N = 495)

Cognitively Intact Group (N = 209)

Total (N = 704)

  

Depression Diagnosis

 

Depression Diagnosis

 

Depression Diagnosis

 

GDS-15

 

No

Yes

Total

No

Yes

Total

No

Yes

Total

Antidepressant Use

No

0.00

0.14

0.02

0.00

.47

0.06

0.00

0.26

0.03

  

(203)

(26)

(229)

(116)

(16)

(132)

(319)

(42)

(361)

 

Yes

0.07

0.43

0.31

0.29

0.36

0.09

0.16

0.41

0.32

  

(42)

(86)

(128)

(30)

(41)

(71)

(72)

(127)

(199)

 

Total

0.01

0.36

0.12

0.06

0.39

0.15

0.03

0.37

0.13

  

(245)

(112)

(357)

(146)

(57)

(203)

(391)

(169)

(560)

GDS-5

          

Antidepressant Use

No

0.00

0.05

0.01

0.00

0.51

0.06

0.00

0.23

0.03

  

(199)

(23)

(222)

(115)

(16)

(131)

(314)

(39)

(353)

 

Yes

0.00

0.31

0.21

0.23

0.28

0.26

0.09

0.30

0.22

  

(44)

(86)

(130)

(30)

(39)

(69)

(74)

(125)

(199)

 

Total

0.00

0.26

0.08

0.05

0.35

0.13

0.02

0.29

0.10

  

(243)

(109)

(352)

(145)

(55)

(200)

(388)

(164)

(552)

E1SUM

          

Antidepressant Use

No

0.00

0.43

0.05

0.00

0.23

0.03

0.00

0.37

0.05

  

(295)

(39)

(334)

(119)

(18)

(137)

(414)

(57)

(471)

 

Yes

0.60

0.55

0.57

0.48

-.06

0.18

0.55

0.37

0.44

  

(62)

(99)

(161)

(31)

(41)

(72)

(93)

(140)

(233)

 

Total

0.11

0.52

0.22

0.10

0.04

0.08

0.10

0.37

0.18

  

(357)

(138)

(495)

(150)

(59)

(209)

(507)

(197)

(704)

DRS

          

Antidepressant Use

No

0.00

0.40

0.05

0.00

0.16

0.02

0.00

0.32

0.04

  

(294)

(39)

(333)

(119)

(18)

(137)

(413)

(57)

(470)

 

Yes

0.59

0.59

0.59

0.51

-0.15

0.13

0.56

0.33

0.42

  

(62)

(99)

(161)

(31)

(41)

(72)

(93)

(140)

(233)

 

Total

0.10

0.54

0.22

0.11

-0.06

0.06

0.10

0.33

0.17

  

(356)

(138)

(494)

(150)

(59)

(209)

(506)

(197)

(703)

  1. Abbreviations: GDS-15, 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale; GDS-5, 5-item Geriatric Depression Scale; DRS, Minimum Data Set (MDS) Depression Rating Scale; E1SUM denotes the sum of all mood and anxiety items in section E1 of the MDS