Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scales (CES-D)

Reference

Radloff, L. S. (1997). The CES-D Scale: a self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Applied Psychological Measurement, 1, 385-401. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/014662167700100306

List of questions

Question number

Question

Original 20-item version

1

During the past week: I was bothered by things that usually don't bother me.

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2

During the past week: I did not feel like eating; my appetite was poor.

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3

During the past week: I felt that I could not shake off the blues with help from my family or friends.

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4

During the past week: I felt that I was just as good as other people.

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5

During the past week: I had trouble keeping my mind on what I was doing.

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6

During the past week: I felt depressed.

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7

During the past week: I felt that everything I did was an effort. 

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8

During the past week: I felt hopeful about the future.

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9

During the past week: I thought my life had been a failure.

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10

During the past week: I felt fearful.

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11

During the past week: My sleep was restless.

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12

During the past week: I was happy.

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13

During the past week: I talked less  than usual.

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14

During the past week: I felt lonely.

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15

During the past week: People were unfriendly.

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16

During the past week: I enjoyed life. 

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17

During the past week: I had crying spells.

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18

During the past week: I felt sad.

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19

During the past week: I felt that people dislike me. 

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20

During the past week: I could not get "going".

✓

Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets

Version

Study

Year

Questionnaire

Dataset

Original 20-item version

HEAF

2013-2014

HEAF Baseline

 HEAF Baseline Dataset

Original 20-item version

HEAF

2014-2015

HEAF Follow-Up 1

 HEAF Follow-up 1 Dataset

Original 20-item version

HEAF

2015-2016

HEAF Follow-Up 2

 HEAF Follow-up 2 Dataset

Original 20-item version

HEAF

2016-2017

HEAF Follow-Up 3

 HEAF Follow-up 3 Dataset

Original 20-item version

HEAF

2017-2018

HEAF Follow-Up 4

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