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. 2014 Oct 29;69(Suppl 2):S99–S116. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbu100

Table 4.

Response Categories for Symptom Frequency Within the Past Week on Five Modified Forms of the CES-D Scale

Original 20-item scale EPESE Iowa Scale HRS Scale NDSM Waves 1 and 2 NDSM analysis Waves 1 and 2
Rarely or none of the time (less than 1 day). Hardly ever or never. None or almost none of the time. Rarely or none of the time. Rarely or none of the time.
Some or little of the time (1–2 days). Some of the time. Some of the time. Some of the time. Some of the time.
Occasionally or a moderate amount of time (3–4 days). Much or most of the time. Most of the time. Occasionally. Much or most of the time.
Most or all the time (5–7 days). All or almost all of the time. Most of the time.

Notes. CES-D = Center for the Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; EPESE = Established Populations for Epidemiological Studies of the Elderly; HRS = Health and Retirement Study; NDSM = NSHAP’s Depressive Symptoms Measure; NSHAP = National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project.

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