Development and validation of the Chinese Geriatric Depression Risk calculator (CGD-risk): A screening tool to identify elderly Chinese with depression

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 319; pp. 428 - 436
• Main Authors: Sakal, Collin, Li, Juan, Xiang, Yu-Tao, Li, Xinyue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.12.2022
• Subjects: Aged; Asian People; China; Depression; Depression - diagnosis; Depression - psychology; Geriatrics; Humans; Machine learning; Mass Screening; Middle Aged; Prediction; Psychiatric/Mental Health; Reproducibility of Results; China; Depression; China; Machine learning; Prediction; Geriatrics

The prevalence of depression among China's elderly is high, but stigma surrounding mental illness and a shortage of psychiatrists limit widespread screening and diagnosis of geriatric depression. We sought to develop a screening tool using easy-to-obtain and minimally sensitive predictors to id...