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. 2019 May 21;60(4):e242–e253. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnz044

Table 3.

Agreement Between CESD-8 and CIDI-SF Depression Status: Overall and Across Subgroups

CIDI-SF screening status Depression syndrome weighted % Agreement between CIDI-SF and CESD-8
Characteristics Screened in
N (weighted %)
Screened out
N (weighted %)
Kappa unadjusted 95% CI Kappa adjusteda 95% CI
CIDI-SF Scaleb
 Mean score (SE) 5.94 (0.06)
 Participants with score ≥ 5 1,399 (81.5) 7.7
CESD-8 Scalec
 Mean score (SE) 4.12 (0.11) 1.07 (0.02)
 Participants with score ≥ 3 1,161 (65.1) 2,774 (14.8) 19.5 0.30 0.28, 0.32 0.32 0.29, 0.35
 Participants with score ≥ 4 1,014 (57.4) 1,727 (9.0) 13.5 0.37 0.35, 0.39 0.40 0.36, 0.43
 Participants with score ≥ 5 885 (49.9) 1,100 (5.7) 9.9 0.43 0.40, 0.45 0.44 0.40, 0.48
CESD-8 Scale—by agec
 ≤55 years old
  Mean score (SE) 4.36 (0.28) 1.06 (0.07)
  Participants with score ≥ 3 208 (66.5) 343 (14.6) 21.9 0.37 0.32, 0.41 0.43 0.33, 0.53
  Participants with score ≥ 4 187 (63.8) 231 (8.5) 16.3 0.43 0.38, 0.48 0.54 0.45, 0.64
 Participants with score ≥ 5 166 (58.2) 144 (6.0) 13.4 0.48 0.43, 0.53 0.56 0.46, 0.65
 56–64 years old
  Mean score (SE) 4.31 (0.19) 1.02 (0.03)
  Participants with score ≥ 3 510 (68.2) 960 (13.9) 20.0 0.35 0.33, 0.38 0.39 0.35, 0.44
  Participants with score ≥ 4 450 (60.5) 610 (8.5) 14.3 0.42 0.39, 0.45 0.46 0.40, 0.51
 Participants with score ≥ 5 398 (53.1) 412 (5.7) 11.0 0.46 0.43, 0.50 0.49 0.43, 0.55
 ≥65 years old
  Mean score (SE) 3.82 (0.12) 1.10 (0.03)
  Participants with score ≥ 3 443 (61.0) 1,471 (15.6) 18.9 0.23 0.21, 0.25 0.23 0.20, 0.26
  Participants with score ≥ 4 377 (52.0) 886 (9.4) 12.6 0.30 0.27, 0.33 0.30 0.26, 0.34
  Participants with score ≥ 5 321 (43.8) 544 (5.8) 8.6 0.36 0.33, 0.39 0.35 0.31, 0.40
CESD-8 Scale—by sexc
 Female
  Mean score (SE) 4.08 (0.11) 1.18 (0.02)
  Participants with score ≥ 3 808 (64.8) 1,812 (16.9) 22.4 0.30 0.28, 0.33 0.33 0.30, 0.36
  Participants with score ≥ 4 701 (56.7) 1,149 (10.4) 15.7 0.37 0.34, 0.39 0.40 0.36, 0.43
  Participants with score ≥ 5 615 (49.6) 742 (6.8) 11.7 0.42 0.39, 0.44 0.43 0.40, 0.47
 Male
  Mean score (SE) 4.19 (0.23) 0.94 (0.03)
  Participants with score ≥ 3 353 (65.8) 961 (12.3) 16.2 0.28 0.25, 0.31 0.30 0.25, 0.36
  Participants with score ≥ 4 313 (58.9) 577 (7.4) 11.1 0.37 0.34, 0.41 0.40 0.33, 0.46
  Participants with score ≥ 5 270 (50.5) 357 (4.5) 7.8 0.44 0.40, 0.48 0.45 0.38, 0.53
CESD-8 Scale—by racec
 White/Caucasian
  Mean score (SE) 3.97 (0.12) 0.98 (0.02)
  Participants with score ≥ 3 783 (62.8) 1,734 (13.4) 18.1 0.31 0.29, 0.33 0.33 0.30, 0.36
  Participants with score ≥ 4 671 (54.7) 1,025 (7.9) 12.3 0.38 0.36, 0.41 0.40 0.37, 0.44
  Participants with score ≥ 5 588 (47.4) 630 (4.9) 8.9 0.44 0.41, 0.47 0.45 0.41, 0.49
 Black/African Americans
  Mean score (SE) 4.80 (0.26) 1.48 (0.05)
  Participants with score ≥ 3 236 (77.6) 727 (21.4) 26.4 0.25 0.22, 0.29 0.29 0.23, 0.35
  Participants with score ≥ 4 215 (73.1) 477 (14.2) 19.4 0.33 0.29, 0.37 0.38 0.30, 0.46
  Participants with score ≥ 5 183 (61.8) 328 (9.5) 14.1 0.38 0.33, 0.42 0.42 0.33, 0.51
 Other
  Mean score (SE) 4.89 (0.32) 1.49 (0.08)
  Participants with score ≥ 3 136 (76.2) 303 (21.5) 27.3 0.33 0.28, 0.38 0.32 0.23, 0.41
  Participants with score ≥ 4 122 (69.1) 218 (14.7) 20.4 0.39 0.33, 0.44 0.39 0.29, 0.49
  Participants with score ≥ 5 108 (62.8) 136 (10.7) 16.1 0.45 0.39, 0.51 0.43 0.33, 0.54

Note: CESD-8 = 8-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; CIDI-SF = Composite International Diagnostic Interview—short form; CI = confidence interval; SE = standard error.

aAdjusted for the HRS survey design and sample weights.

bDepression syndrome based on CIDI-SF criteria.

cDepression syndrome based on CESD-8 criteria.