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6. Are you bothered by thoughts you can’t get out of your head? Yes No
8. Are you afraid that something bad is going to happen to you? Yes No
12. Do you prefer to stay at home, rather than going out and doing new things? Yes No
14. Do you feel you have more problems with memory than most? Yes No
17. Do you feel pretty worthless the way you are now? Yes No
23. Do you think that most people are better off than you are? Yes No
For items 2-4, 6, 8, 10-14, 16-18, 20, 22-26, 28 the scoring is:
• Yes = 1
• No = 0
Items 1, 5, 7, 9, 15, 19, 21, 27, 29, 30 are reverse scored as follows:
• No = 1
• Yes = 0
Citation: Yesavage JA, Brink TL, Rose TL, Lum O, Huang V, Adey M, Leirer VO:
Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale:
a preliminary report. Journal of Psychiatric Research 17:37-49, 1983