Validity and Utility of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Detecting Depression in Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia | Zendy

Jiangbo Ying | Zendy; Philip Yap | Zendy; Mihir Gandhi | Zendy; Tau Ming Liew | Zendy

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Validity and Utility of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Detecting Depression in Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia

Author(s) -

Jiangbo Ying,

Philip Yap,

Mihir Gandhi,

Tau Ming Liew

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026

H-Index - 110

eISSN - 1421-9824

pISSN - 1420-8008

DOI - 10.1159/000500940

Subject(s) - psychology , dementia , discriminant validity , clinical psychology , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , psychiatry , depression (economics) , convergent validity , cronbach's alpha , family caregivers , caregiver burden , test validity , affect (linguistics) , confirmatory factor analysis , psychometrics , gerontology , cognition , medicine , depressive symptoms , internal consistency , structural equation modeling , disease , statistics , economics , macroeconomics , mathematics , communication , pathology

The psychometric properties of Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) have never been substantively investigated in caregivers of persons with dementia (PwD). We evaluated the validity and reliability of CES-D for detecting caregiver depression in dementia, and assessed whether CES-D could provide added utility beyond Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI).

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