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Evaluating hierarchical items of the geriatric depression scale through factor analysis and item response theory

BACKGROUND: Geriatric depression scale (GDS) is a common screening tool for measuring depression among older adults. It employs a multi-factor structure and some differential item functioning (DIF) allowing different versions of GDS across cultures. The present study aimed to identify the short vers...

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Autores principales: Wongpakaran, Nahathai, Wongpakaran, Tinakon, Kuntawong, Pimolpun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6706604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31463401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02300