title: Screening depressive symptoms in Jordanian women: evaluation of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale (CES-D).
abstract: This study examined the psychometric qualities of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale (CES-D) in Jordanian women. Cronbach's alpha for the 20-item CES-D was .90. Factor analysis yielded three components. Four of the items had poor factor loadings and, therefore, were dropped. Cronbach's alpha for the remaining 16 items was .85. Validity testing using independent samples t-test provided evidence of discriminant validity for the 20-item and the 16-item CES-D. Attributes of the CES-D items indicated that depression status can be easily identified by clinicians. Co morbidity of depressive symptoms with physical and mental problems necessitates routine screening for depressed mood.
authors.affiliation: Hashemite University, College of Nursing, Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Zarqa, Jordan. hmodallal@hu.edu.jo
authors.forename: Hanan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Modallal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000451:nursing*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017406:Sexual Harassment; D017132:Workplace