Validation of a cutoff point for the short version of the Depression Scale of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies in older Mexican adults

• Main Authors: Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez (Author), Betty Manrique-Espinoza (Author), Gilberto Isaac Acosta-Castillo (Author), Aurora Franco-Núñez (Author), Óscar Rosas-Carrasco (Author), Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo (Author), Ana Luisa Sosa-Ortiz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To identify a valid cutoff point associated with Center for Epidemiologic Studies, Depression Scale (CES-D) of seven items, which allows the classification of older adults according to presence/absence of clinically significant depressive symptoms. Materials and methods. Screening study w...