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The revised CES-D scale for caregivers of the elderly in India | Author(s) | Rashmi Gupta, Deepa Punetha, Sadhna Diwan |
Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 62, no 1, 2006 |
Pages | pp 61-78 |
Source | http://baywood.com |
Keywords | Informal care ; Depression ; Evaluation ; India. |
Annotation | The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was administered in face-to-face interviews with 255 Indian caregivers (aged 18+) of older North Asian Indian adults, in order to empirically determine the factor structure of L S Radloff's original (1977) CES-D. Confirmatory factor analysis results did not support the original 4-factor theoretical structure, but did suggest a 3-factor model. The 3-factor version showed high internal consistency among the sub-scales. The results of this study indicate that the revised CES-D scale reflects the difference in the manifestation of depression to caregivers of older people in Allahabad, the Indian community studied. This scale should be validated further by replication. (RH). |
Accession Number | CPA-060202208 A |
Classmark | P6: ENR: 4C: 7FA |
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