Abstract
Depression is one of the most common psychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia. It can reduce the daily living ability of dementia patients, accelerate cognitive decline and disease progression, seriously affect the quality of life and increase mortality. Attention has been paid to depression assessment and intervention evaluation. At present, the scales using for rating depressive symptoms in dementia patients include Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD) , Dementia Mood Assessment Scale (DMAS) , Montgomery-Aasberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) , Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) , Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) , Patient Health Questionnaire-9-Observation Version (PHQ-9-OV) and Depressive Signs Scale (DSS) . In this paper, the main contents, characteristics and limitations of the 7 kinds of rating scales are discussed comprehensively, in order to provide reference in selecting suitable rating tools in the process of assessment, intervention and evaluation, and provide basis for developing and improving rating tools of depressive symptoms in dementia patients. Key words: Dementia; Depression; Review; Rating scales
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