Table 2.

Item-total Correlation and Response Distribution of CES-D items among older African American women family caregivers (n = 521)

How often have your felt this way during the past week?	Item-total correlation (factor label)	Rarely or none of the time (%)	Some or little of the time (%)	Occasionally or a moderate amount of the time (%)	Most of all of the time (%)
1. You were bothered by things that usually don’t bother you	0.39 (somatic complaint)	59	25	13	3
2. You did not feel like eating, your appetite was poor	0.39 (somatic complaint)	68	21	6	5
3. You felt that you could not shake of the blues	0.55 (depressed affect)	78	14	5	3
4. You felt that you were just as good as others [R]	0.26 (positive affect)	5	6	5	85
5. You had trouble keeping your mind on what you were doing	0.46 (somatic complaint)	59	24	11	7
6. You felt depressed	0.60 (depressed affect)	74	17	6	4
7. You felt that everything was an effort	0.30 (somatic complaint)	43	23	9	24
8. You felt hopeful about the future [R]	0.28 (positive affect)	8	11	10	71
9. You thought your life has been a failure	0.42 (depressed affect)	88	8	2	2
10. You felt fearful	0.56 (depressed affect)	86	7	4	3
11. You were happy [R]	0.53 (positive affect)	3	12	12	74
12. You talked less than usual	0.42 (somatic complaint)	64	19	8	8
13. You felt lonely	0.56 (depressed affect)	71	16	7	6
14. People were unfriendly	0.33 (interpersonal relations)	75	18	4	3
15. You enjoyed life [R]	0.33 (positive affect)	2	6	5	86
16. You felt sad	0.58 (depressed affect)	69	20	7	3
17. You felt that people disliked you	0.42 (interpersonal relations)	84	12	3	2
18. You could not get “going”	0.48 (somatic complaint)	65	23	8	3

Note: [R] Item was reverse coded for the purpose of calculating the mean CES-D score for the sample.