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Abstract
The Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia is introduced. This is a 19-item clinician-administered
instrument that uses information from interviews with both the patient and a nursing
staff member, a method suitable for demented patients. The scale has high interrater
reliability (kw = 0.67), internal consistency (coefficient alpha: 0.84), and sensitivity. Total Cornell
Scale scores correlate (0.83) with depressive subtypes of various intensity classified
according to Research Diagnostic Criteria.
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Publication history
Received in revised form:
April 9,
1987
Received:
December 26,
1986
Footnotes
☆Presented at the New Research Section of the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Dallas, TX, 1985.
☆☆This work has been supported by the Xerox, Link, and Greenwall Foundations.
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© 1988 Published by Elsevier Inc.
