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| Implications of non-response of older women to a short form of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale | | Author(s) | Jennifer R Powers, Anne F Young, Anne Russell |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 57, no 1, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 37-54 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Depression ; Evaluation ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) is frequently used in epidemiological surveys to screen depression, especially in older people. This article considers the problems of non-completion of a short form of the CES-D (CESD-10) in a postal survey of women aged 73-78 enrolled in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health. Completers of the CESD-10 had more education, found it easier to manage on available income and reported better physical and mental health. The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) scores for non-completers were intermediate between those for women classified as depressed and non-depressed using the CESD-10. Indicators of depression had an inverted U-shaped relationship with the number of missing CESD-10 items and were most frequent for women with two to seven items missing. Future research should pay attention to the level of missing data in depression scales and report its potential impact on estimates of depression. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040405218 A |
| Classmark | BD: F: CC: ENR: 4C: 7YA |
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