Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)

Full name of scale

CES-D - Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale

Languages

English, Arabic, Bhutanese, Chinese, Croatian, French, German, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish

French version reference

Delisle, Kwakkenbos, L., Hudson, M., Baron, M., & Thombs, B. . (2014). An assessment of the measurement equivalence of English and French versions of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale in systemic sclerosis. PloS One, 9(7), e102897–e102897. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102897

Rater

Patient-rated

Training

No training required

Utility

Used for research purposes, and studies of the epidemiology of depressive symptomatology in the general population.

Time to complete

No more than 10 minutes

Cost/license

Open access

 

Radloff, L. S. (1977). The CES-D scale: A self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Applied Psychological Measurement, 1(3), 385–401. Follow this link for the article.

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