serval:BIB_5111C542C121
Instruments to Assess Depressive Symptoms and Spiritual Distress Investigate Different Dimensions
10.1080/07317115.2015.1120255
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07317115.2015.1120255
Bornet
M.A.
author
Rochat
E.
author
Dürst
A.V.
author
Fustinoni
S.
author
Büla
C.
author
Von Gunten
A.
author
Monod
S.
author
article
2016
Clinical Gerontologist
0731-7115
1545-2301
journal
39
2
104-116
Objective: Although affective and spiritual states may share some common clinical features, the precise nature of the relationship between depression and spirituality is still unclear. We tested the hypothesis that two instruments that measure depressive symptoms and spiritual distress describe similar dimensions.
Methods: Patients admitted to geriatric rehabilitation (N = 185; mean age 81.3 ± 6.9 years) had depressive symptoms assessed with the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) and spiritual distress evaluated with the Spiritual Distress Assessment Tool (SDAT).
Results: A principal components analysis pooling GDS-15 and SDAT resulted in a 6-factor solution, with only one factor shared by both dimensions.
Conclusions: Depressive symptoms and spiritual distress measured by the two instruments appeared only moderately correlated and corresponded to distinct dimensions.
depression
Geriatric Depression Scale
geriatric rehabilitation
spiritual distress
spirituality
eng
60_published
peer-reviewed
University of Lausanne
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