Confirmatory factor structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale (CES-D) in mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury.
OBJECTIVE
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D) is a frequently-used self-report measure of depressive symptom severity. Brief depression screening measures can be important in the identification and prediction of depression following traumatic brain injury. The objective of this study was to investigate the validity of the CES-D in measuring depressive symptoms in patients with mild-to-moderate TBI as it has been rarely used in neurologically compromised populations.


METHODS
Inception cohort.


METHODS
The CES-D was administered to 340 participants with mild-to-moderate TBI at 3-months post-injury.


RESULTS
Confirmatory factor analysis of the CES-D indicated that the data are a reasonable fit similar to that of Radloff 's original 4-factor model.


CONCLUSIONS
These findings suggest that the CES-D may be appropriate for use in patients with mild-to-moderate TBI.
McCauley
Stephen R
SR
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Alliance of Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA. mccauley@bcm.edu
Pedroza
Claudia
C
Brown
Sharon A
SA
Boake
Corwin
C
Levin
Harvey S
HS
Goodman
Heather S
HS
Merritt
Shirley G
SG
D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results