Christian J. Nelson|Christina Cho|Alexandra Berk|Jimmie Holland|Andrew Roth
Are Gold Standard Depression Measures Appropriate for Use in Geriatric Cancer Patients? A Systematic Evaluation of Self-Report Depression Instruments Used With Geriatric, Cancer, and Geriatric Cancer Samples
Columbia University|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center|Columbia University|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center|Columbia University|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center|Columbia University|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center|Columbia University|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
purpose geriatric issues cancer becoming prominent depression significant concern elderly patients cancer yet identifying depression patients difficult often leads underrecognition conducted systematic review determine depression instruments appropriate use geriatric patients cancer methods identified commonly used selfreport depression instruments used criteria established us food drug administration draft guidance patientreported outcome measures determine extent validation evidence measures geriatric cancer populations finally determined instruments captured depressive symptoms common among elderly patients cancer results eight measures selected commonly used instruments beck depression inventoryii brief symptom inventory18 center epidemiologic studiesdepression scale geriatric depression scale15 hospital anxiety depression scale patient health questionnaire9 profile mood statesshort form zung selfrating depression scale many validated use geriatric adults patients cancer however data addressing content validity responder definition lacking date validation information geriatric patients cancer furthermore symptom profile analysis revealed measures identify many symptoms signaling depression geriatric patients cancer conclusion validation evidence use common depression instruments geriatric patients cancer lacking possibility measures may assess common depressive symptoms geriatric patients cancer questions adequacy scales population