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Table 2 Prevalence of geriatric depression according to GDS-5 (n = 280)

From: Unrecognized geriatric depression in the emergency Department of a Teaching Hospital in Nepal: prevalence, contributing factors, and metric properties of 5 item geriatric depression scale in this population

Category

GDS-5 score

n (%)

Subtotal n (%)

Negatively screened for depression

0

78 (27.9)

177 (63.2)

1

99 (35.4)

Positively screened for depression

2

60 (21.4)

103 (36.8)

3

31 (11.1)

4

9 (3.2)

5

3 (1.1)