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Table 5 Convergent validity of the GDS-15 total score

From: Multi-ethnic validation of 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale in Chile

	GDS-15 total, non-indigenous	GDS-15 total, Aymara	GDS-15 total, Mapuche
WHOQOL-OLD sensory	0.23**	0.12	0.15**
WHOQOL-OLD autonomy	− 0.47**	− 0.25**	− 0.39**
WHOQOL-OLD activities	− 0.54**	− 0.29**	− 0.34**
WHOQOL-OLD participation	− 0.59**	− 0.40**	− 0.46**
WHOQOL-OLD death	0.55**	0.27**	0.03
WHOQOL-OLD intimacy	− 0.48**	− 0.27**	− 0.21**
WHOQOL-OLD total	− 0.28**	− 0.19**	− 0.37**
DJGLS-6 total	0.36**	0.29**	0.28**
BRCS total	− 0.56**	− 0.29**	− 0.40**
PWI total	− 0.57**	− 0.24**	− 0.48**
PSSQ spouse/partner	− 0.14*	− 0.04	− 0.03
PSSQ children	− 0.18**	− 0.02	− 0.02
PSSQ relatives	− 0.01	− 0.00	0.06
PSSQ friends	0.16*	0.02	− 0.12*

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients
DJGLS-6 de Jong-Gierveld Loneliness Scale, 6 item; BRCS Brief Resilience Coping Scale; PWI Personal Wellbeing Index; PSSQ Perceived Social Support Questionnaire
*p < .05; **p < .01

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