Usability of the Japanese Late-Stage Elderly Questionnaire for screening major depression.

So SatoYusuke SasabuchiAkira OkadaHideo Yasunaga

Published in: Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society (2024)

Our results suggest that due to its poor screening ability and high rate of false negatives, the question assessing life satisfaction in the Late-Stage Elderly Questionnaire may not be useful for screening major depression in older adults and may require modification.

Keyphrases

middle aged
cross sectional
physical activity
psychometric properties
patient reported
health information
social media