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The British Journal of Psychiatry 138: 230-235 (1981)
© 1981 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Self-report measures of mood and morale in elderly depressives

CJ Gilleard, M Willmott and KS Vaddadi

The self-report scales of mood and morale were administered to 45 elderly in-patient depressives and 45 non-patient controls, matched for age and sex. The responses of the two groups differed significantly in the predicted direction. When 18 patients from the depressive group were re-tested 6 to 8 weeks later, at discharge, significant declines in self-reported depression, and increases in "life-satisfaction' were reported. Within the depressive group, there was a significant relationship between "overt' depressive behaviour on the ward and self- reporting of greater depressive symptoms, and lower "life- satisfaction'. The importance of independent validation of self-report measures of mood and morale in elderly populations is discussed.


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