title: Using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale to assess depression in women with HIV and women at risk for HIV: Are somatic items invariant?
abstract: The prevalence of depression among women living with HIV/AIDS is elevated, compared with women in the general population and men diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. Although symptoms of HIV may overlap with somatic symptoms of depression, little research has explored how well screening tools accurately assess depression rather than symptoms of HIV/AIDS among women. The present study examined the utility of a widely used tool for assessing depression symptoms among women living with HIV/AIDS. Data are from the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), a multisite, longitudinal cohort study of women living with HIV/AIDS (n = 1,329) and seronegative women (n = 541) matched on key risk factors for HIV/AIDS. Confirmatory factor analysis-based measurement invariance tests of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) were conducted to determine whether women with HIV and those without HIV responded to the scale similarly. Results supported measurement invariance of CES-D scores. Findings suggest that the CES-D can be used to assess for burden of depression symptoms among women diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Women & Gender Studies Program, George Mason University.
authors.forename: Leah M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Services, SUNY Downstate Medical Center School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Tracey E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Merenstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Milam
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University.
authors.forename: Elizabeth T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Golub
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Adebola
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adedimeji
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago.
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012306:Risk