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Assessment of Depression in Dementia Patients: Association of Caregiver Mood with Depression Ratings.
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Teri, Linda; Truax, Paula – Gerontologist, 1994
Primary caregivers (n=41) of memory-impaired patients rated a standardized stimulus of depression and their actual patient. They were able to correctly identify depression in both. Further, their mood was unassociated with video ratings and only moderately associated with patient ratings. The findings support reliance on caregiver input.…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Depression (Psychology), Family Caregivers, Moods
The Pleasant Events Schedule-AD: Psychometric Properties and Relationship to Depression and Cognition in Alzheimer's Disease Patients.
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Logsdon, Rebecca G.; Teri, Linda – Gerontologist, 1997
Provides psychometric data on two tools used to identify pleasant activities for Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Results indicate that both tools had good reliability. Depression and decreased cognitive functioning were associated with reduced frequency of enjoyable activity; the reduction was greater in depressed AD patients when compared with…
Descriptors: Activities, Alzheimers Disease, Cognitive Measurement, Depression (Psychology)