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The Italian DAS as a screening instrument for depression in the elderly
B Carpiniello1, M G Carta, C M Pariante
1Institute of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Cagliari, Italy.
The British Journal of Clinical Psychology
|November 1, 1995
Abstract:
The accuracy of the 14-item Italian version of the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (IDAS-14) as a screening tool for depression among elderly people is evaluated and compared with the BDI. Results for the IDAS-14 are most satisfactory, since high levels of both specificity (0.95) and sensitivity (0.89) may be obtained at a given cut-off score (56).