Criterion validity of the center for epidemiologic studies depression scale in a population sample from an American Indian village

Philip D. Somervell; Janette Beals; Spero M. Manson; J. David Kinzie; James Boehnlein; Paul Leung

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Criterion validity of the center for epidemiologic studies depression scale in a population sample from an American Indian village

Philip D. Somervell, Janette Beals, Spero M. Manson, J. David Kinzie, James Boehnlein, Paul Leung

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The criterion validity of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) is examined in 120 adult Northwest Coast American Indians. The criterion was a DSM-III-R diagnosis derived from the Lifetime version of the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia. Sensitivity for major depression was 100% (95% confidence limits 36%, 100%); specificity was 82.1% (75.1%, 89%). For a broad category of depressive disorders (n=9), sensitivity was 77.8% and specificity was 84.7%. Cut points based on receiver operating characteristic analyses did not greatly improve the performance of the CES-D. The use of factor scores instead of total scores made little difference.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	255-266
Number of pages	12
Journal	Psychiatry Research
Volume	47
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1781(93)90083-S
State	Published - Jun 1993

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Diagnosis
affective disorder
cross-cultural
sensitivity/specificity
symptom scales

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Psychiatry and Mental health
Biological Psychiatry

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