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Development of the EURO–D scale – a European Union initiative to compare symptoms of depression in 14 European centres
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Background: In an 11-country European collaboration, 14 population-based surveys included 21 724 subjects aged ⩾65 years. Most participating centres used the Geriatric Mental State (GMS), but other measures were also used. Aims: To derive from these instruments a common depression symptoms scale, the EURO–D, to allow comparison of risk factor profiles between centres. Method: Common items were identified from the instruments. Algorithms for fitting items to GMS were derived by observation of item correspondence or expert opinion. The resulting 12-item scale was checked for internal consistency, criterion validity and uniformity of factor-analytic profile. Results: The EURO–D is internally consistent, capturing the essence of its parent instrument. A two-factor solution seemed appropriate: depression, tearfulness and wishing to die loaded on the first factor (affective suffering), and loss of interest, poor concentration and lack of enjoyment on the second (motivation) Conclusions: The EURO–D scale should permit valid comparison of risk-factor associations between centres, even if between-centre variation remains difficult to attribute.
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- Prince, M. J., Reischies, F., Beekman, A. T. F., Fuhrer, R., Jonker, C., Kivela, S. L., Lawlor, B. A., Lobo, A., Magnusson, H., Fichter, M., Van Oyen, H., Roelands, M., Skoog, I., Turrina, C., & Copeland, J. R. M.
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- British Journal of Psychiatry
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- Royal College of Psychiatrists
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- 1999-04
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- 174
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- 330-338
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- 1472-1465
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