Improved Scoring of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale - Revised: An Item Response Theory Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale - Revised (CESD-R) is a popular self-report screening measure for depression. A 20-item questionnaire with scores ranging from 0 to 4 for each item, the CESD-R can produce total scores ranging from 0 to 80. However, the typical scoring protocol for the CESD-R restricts the range of possible scores to between 0 and 60 to retain the same range and clinical cutoff scores as the original CES-D. Despite the widespread adoption of this scoring approach, the psychometric impact has never been systematically examined. In an undergraduate and community adult sample (n = 869), item response theory analyses indicated that scoring the CESD-R with all 5 response options (CESD-R_5opt) provided nearly twice as much information about a

SUBMITTER: Bean CAL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11447136 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature