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| Cross validation of a short form of CES-D in Chinese elderly | | Author(s) | Kam Weng Boey |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 8, August 1999 |
| Pages | pp 608-617 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Chinese people ; Evaluation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | 554 older people living in the community, 30 older people from a community centre, and 31 older patients with depressive symptoms participated in this 3-year longitudinal study in Hong Kong on reliability of the CES-D-10 (short form of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale). Other instruments used in the study included Activities of Daily Living (ADL), the Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS), and the Lubben Social Network Scale, a single-item measure of self-rated health. Reliability of the CES-D-10 in terms of internal consistency was satisfactory. Moderate consistency over a 3 year period was also significant. The CES-D-10 showed comparable accuracy to the CES-D in classifying cases with depressive symptoms; and the scale established significant relationships with impairments of daily functioning, life satisfaction, social support and self-rated health. The CES-D-10 also differentiated significantly between groups of "normal" and clinically depressed older people. The brevity of the scale should prove a useful mental health measure for older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825284 A |
| Classmark | ENR: TKL: 4C: 3J: 7DR |
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