CHAPTER 67: GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE—SHORT FORM (SFGDS) Description The Geriatric Depression Scale—Short Form (sfGDS) by Yesavage et al. (1986) is a 15-item rating scale developed to screen for depression in…
CHAPTER 66: GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (GHQ-12) Description The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) by Goldberg (1976) is a self-administered questionnaire designed to detect persons that are symptomatic or at risk of…
CHAPTER 65: CORNELL SCALE FOR DEPRESSION IN DEMENTIA (CSDD) Description The Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD) is a 19-item, clinician-administered scale specifically developed to assess signs and symptoms…
CHAPTER 64: BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY-II (BDI-II) Description The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI–II), by Beck, Steer, Ball, and Ranieri (1996), is a self-report/interview questionnaire designed to quantify the amount of depression…
CHAPTER 63: BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY (BAI) Description The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), by Beck, Epstein, Brown, and Steer (1988), is a 21-item self-report/interview questionnaire designed to quantify the symptoms of…
CHAPTER 14: MODIFIED BARTHEL INDEX (MBI) Description Based on the original Barthel Index, the Modified version by Shah, Vanclay, and Cooper (1989) is also designed to assess an individual’s ability…
CHAPTER 62: WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE—FOURTH EDITION (WMS-IV) Description The Wechsler Memory Scale—Fourth Edition (WMS-IV), first introduced by Wechsler (1945), is a standardized measure of visual, auditory, and working memory in…
CHAPTER 60: MINIMAL-EATING OBSERVATION FORM—VERSION II (MEOF-II) Description The Minimal-Eating Observation Form—Version II (MEOF-II) is an outcome measure developed to provide the clinician with a description of subject mealtime problems…
CHAPTER 59: MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT—SHORT FORM (MNA-SF) Description The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), by Vellas and Guigoz (1989), is a short nutrition-screening tool designed to help identify geriatric patients (65…
CHAPTER 17: COMMUNITY BALANCE AND MOBILITY SCALE (CB&M) Description The Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CB&M) is an activity-based outcome measure designed to evaluate the balance and mobility of individuals…
