- Abstract
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It contains 20 items that assess risk indicators of depression through the presence of depressive symptoms during the week prior to the application. This type of assessment of the duration of a symptom is more important in determining the existence of a condition than the mere presence of it.
- Psychometric characteristics
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The adapted CES-D version by Tiburtius and Natera consists of 19 items (alpha = 0.9105); With these, three factors were integrated. Factor 1 comprises items which together had a reliability of .9031 and was denominated negative affect. Factor 2 consists of five items exploring interpersonal relationships; reliability is 0.7581. The structure of the third factor, consisting of only three items, comprises positive affect related symptoms; the reliability of these three items is 0.6051.
- No. of items
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19
- Way of administration
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Interview or group-administered, in paper and pencil format, with an approximate duration of 5 minutes.
- Way of qualification
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A) To obtain the score for the positive affect subscale add: 4 + 8 + 12 + 16. These must be recoded so that a higher score means greater depressive symptoms. B) For the score of the negative affect subscale add: 6 + 7 + 9 + 10 + 14 + 17 + 18. The maximum possible score is 2. C) For the score of the relationships subscale add: 1 + 13 + 15 + 19. Maximum score 12. D) For the score of the delayed activity and somatization subscale add items: 2 + 5 + 11. Maximum score = 9. Total maximum score = 30.
- Application context
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Clinical and general population, primary health care.
- Population
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Adults
- References
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Radloff, L. S. (1977). The CES-D scale to self-report depression scale for research in the overall population. Applied Psychological Measurement, 1 (3), 385-401;