Geriatric Depression Scale Validation Data for 100 Elderly Participants in Bangladesh

100 elderly participants aged 60 years and above were surveyed at Chittagong Medical College Hospital. Mahmud Hassan Arif translated and culturally adapted the Geriatric Depression Scale – Short Form (GDS-15) into Bengali and performed psychometric validation. The dataset includes results from reliability testing, chi-square analysis, ANOVA, and principal component analysis.

Use Cases

• Validate psychometric properties of translated clinical scales based on reliability testing and PCA results.
• Analyze the multidimensionality of depression screening tools based on principal component analysis findings.
• Assess cultural adaptation of questionnaires based on the translation and validation process described.
• Compare internal consistency metrics across different populations based on the reported Cronbach's alpha.

Strengths

• Includes psychometric validation results for a translated clinical scale.
• Contains data from 100 elderly participants in a specific hospital setting.
• Provides specific correlation metrics (r=0.9788, p<0.001) for construct validity.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset reports low internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha 0.4753).

Provenance

Source

Mahmud Hassan Arif

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study with psychometric validation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 17:27:36; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh