Assessment of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale factor structure among middle-aged workers in Japan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-111

  Sugawara, Norio ^a,b   Yasui Furukori, Norio ^b   Sasaki, Giro ^b   Umeda, Takashi ^c   Takahashi, Ippei ^c   Danjo, Kazuma ^c   Matsuzaka, Masashi ^c   Kaneko, Sunao ^b   Nakaji, Shigeyuki ^b,c  

^a Hirosaki Aiseikai Hospital   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Aomori Occupational Health Promotion Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; confirmatory factor analysis; Japanese; workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED WORKER; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 79251560915     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2010.02172.x     Document Type: Article

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