Term Description

Cummulative score of answers to 30 questions is rated on a scoring grid. The grid sets a range of 0-9 as "normal", 10-19 as "midly depressed", and 10-30 as "severely depressed".

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Geriatric depression scale total:Score:Pt:^Patient:Qn:
Long Common Name
Geriatric depression scale (GDS) total

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Geriatric depression scale total
    LP74888-6
    • Analyte
      Geriatric depression scale total
      LP74888-6
      • Component Numerator
        Geriatric depression scale total
        LP74888-6
        • Component Numerator Core
          Geriatric depression scale total
          LP74888-6
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Score
    LP185820-0
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    Qn
    LP7753-9
  • Method
    NULL
     

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.GDS
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.21
Last Updated
Version 2.50 (MIN)

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
48542-5Geriatric depression scale (GDS) panel
87625-0HEDIS 2018 Value Sets

Example Units

UnitSource
{score}Example UCUM Units

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=48544-1