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 |
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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.