Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia
Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia: 19 items rated absent (0), mild (1), or severe (2).
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Example
- Anxiety
- 2
- Sadness
- 2
- No Reactivity
- 2
- Irritability
- 2
- Agitation
- 2
- Retardation
- 1
- Physical Complaints
- 0
- Loss Of Interest
- 0
- Appetite Loss
- 0
- Weight Loss
- 0
The other 9 values
- Lack Of Energy
- 0
- Diurnal Variation
- 0
- Difficulty Falling Asleep
- 0
- Multiple Awakenings
- 0
- Early Awakening
- 0
- Suicide
- 0
- Self Depreciation
- 0
- Pessimism
- 0
- Delusions
- 0
Result: Cornell CSDD 11/38 — probable major depression.
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What the result means
- 0–5
- No significant depressive symptoms.
- 6–10
- Some depressive symptoms, below the probable-depression cut.
- > 10
- Probable major depression.
- > 18
- Definite major depression.
What you enter
- Anxiety (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Sadness (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- No Reactivity (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Irritability (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Agitation (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Retardation (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Physical Complaints (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Loss Of Interest (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Appetite Loss (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Weight Loss (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
The other 9 fields
- Lack Of Energy (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Diurnal Variation (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Difficulty Falling Asleep (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Multiple Awakenings (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Early Awakening (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Suicide (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Self Depreciation (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Pessimism (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
- Delusions (0 absent, 1 mild/intermittent, 2 severe, or "a" for unable to evaluate)
How this is calculated
Alexopoulos GS, Abrams RC, Young RC, Shamoian CA. Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia. Biol Psychiatry. 1988;23(3):271-284. Read the source ↗
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