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Term Description

Cummulative score of answers to 15 questions is rated on a scoring grid. The grid sets a range of 0-4 as "normal, depending on age, education, complaints", 5-8 as "mildly depressed", 8-11 as "moderately depressed" and 12-15 as "severely depressed"

LOINC Names Get Info

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

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Geriatric depression scale.short version total
    LP74889-4
    • Analyte
      Geriatric depression scale.short version total
      LP74889-4
      • Component Numerator
        Geriatric depression scale.short version total
        LP74889-4
        • Component Numerator Core
          Geriatric depression scale.short version total
          LP74889-4
        • 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 2.61 (MIN)

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
48543-3Geriatric depression scale (GDS).short version 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=48545-8