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- Title
CROSS-VALIDATION OF A SHORT FORM OF THE CES-D IN CHINESE ELDERLY.
- Authors
Kam Weng Boey
- Abstract
Objective To establish the reliability and validity of a 10-item short form of the CES-D (CESD-10). Design Cross-sectional and longitudinal follow-up over 3 years. Standardized questionnaire and face-to-face interview were conducted. Setting Community and psychogeriatric assessment clinic of a voluntary organization. Participants Five hundred and fifty-four elderly in the general community, 30 elderly from a community centre and 31 elderly patients with depressive symptoms. Measures Instruments other than the CESD-10 included Activities of Daily Living (ADL), the Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS), the Lubben Social Network Scale, a single-item measure of self-rated health. Results Reliability of the CESD-10 in terms of internal consistency was satisfactory (Cronbach α=0.78–0.79). Moderate consistency over a period of 3 years was also found to be significant (r =0.44, p <0.01). The CESD-10 showed comparable accuracy to the original CES-D in classifying cases with depressive symptoms (κ=0.84, p <0.01). Significant relationships of the CESD-10 with impairments of daily functioning, life satisfaction, social support and self-rated health were established. The CESD-10 also differentiated significantly between groups of ‘normal’ and clinically depressed elderly. Conclusion The CESD-10 attained satisfactory content and temporal reliability. Its construct and concurrent validity were established. With its brevity, it should prove a useful mental health measure for the elderly. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
GERIATRIC psychology; MENTAL health services for older people; MENTAL depression; GERIATRIC psychiatry; ACTIVITIES of daily living
- Publication
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1999, Vol 14, Issue 8, p608
- ISSN
0885-6230
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199908)14:8<608::AID-GPS991>3.0.CO;2-Z