___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD) - Revised (R)* ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 08-31-2020 last updated: 04-10-2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 04-10-2023 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements a computerized version of The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD) - Revised (R) Reference Radloff LS. The CES-D scale: a self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Applied Psychological Measurement. 1977;1:385-401. Eaton WW, Muntaner C, Smith C, Tien A, Ybarra M. Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale: Review and revision (CESD and CESD-R). In: Maruish ME, ed. The Use of Psychological Testing for Treatment Planning and Outcomes Assessment. 3rd ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum; 2004:363-377. https://cesd-r.com/about-cesdr/ From the webpage: "The CESD-R is in the public domain so it is free to use in your research." ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ from https://cesd-r.com/about-cesdr/: "from The 20 items in CESDR scale measure symptoms of depression in nine different groups as defined by the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fifth edition. These symptom groups are shown below, with their associated scale question numbers to the right. Sadness(Dysphoria): Question numbers 2,4, 6 Loss of Interest(Anhedonia): Question numbers 8, 10 Appetite: Question numbers 1, 18 Sleep: Question numbers 5, 11, 19 Thinking / concentration: Question numbers 3, 20 Guilt(Worthlessness): Question numbers 9, 17 Tired(fatigue): Question numbers 7, 16 Movement(Agitation): Question numbers 12, 13 Suicidal ideation: Question numbers 14, 15" The questions are scored on a scale from 0 (not at all) - 4 (almost every day for 2 weeks) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 2 minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA OUTPUT DICTIONARY ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The fields in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'cesd_r.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build q*_response: response given (in assigned values) Scale: 0 (not at all) - 4 (almost every day for 2 weeks) q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited) (2) Summary data file: 'cesd_r_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startDate: date script was run startTime: time script was started subjectId: assigned subject id number groupId: assigned group id number sessionId: assigned session id number elapsedTime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) For Summary Variables see https://cesd-r.com/about-cesdr/ !Check that implemented algorithm coincides with your understanding of the description! //Determining Categories: noClinicalSignificance: true (1): Participants scored less than 16 in expressions.CESD_R_totalscore1 false (0): otherwise subthreshholdDepression: true (1)= Participant scored at least 16 in expressions.CESD_R_totalscore1 but had 'false' (0) (did not qualify for) in expressions.PossibleMajorDepressiveEpisode false (0)= otherwise OR: "fullfills Criteria for a possible Major Depressive Episode" possibleMajorDepressiveEpisode: true (1) = Participant selected the most severe response ('nearly every day for the last 2 weeks') to all Dysphoria and Anhedonia questions as well as selected the most severe response ('nearly every day for the last 2 weeks') Or second severe response ('5-7 days last week') in at least 2 other DSM symptom groups false (0) = otherwise probablyMajorDepressiveEpisode: true (1): Participant selected the most severe response ('nearly every day for the last 2 weeks') to all Dysphoria and Anhedonia questions as well as selected the most severe response ('nearly every day for the last 2 weeks') Or second severe response ('5-7 days last week') in at least 3 other DSM symptom groups false (0) = otherwise majorDepressiveEpisode: true (1): Participant selected the most severe response ('nearly every day for the last 2 weeks') to all Dysphoria and Anhedonia questions as well as selected the most severe response ('nearly every day for the last 2 weeks') in at least 4 other DSM symptom groups false (0) = otherwise cesdRTotalScore1: sum of responses to all 20 questions (on scale 0-4); Range: 0 - 80) cesdRTotalScore2: sum of responses to all 20 questions (on scale: 0, 1, 2, 3, 3); Range 0 - 60 Note: this total score scores the last response option ('nearly every day for the last 2 weeks') with a 3 to make the totalscore comparable to the original CESD score dysphoria: sum of q2,4,6 (on scale 0-4), Range: 0-12 anhedonia: sum of q8,10 (on scale 0-4), Range: 0-8 appetite: sum of q1,18 (on scale 0-4), Range: 0-8 sleep: sum of q5,11,19 (on scale 0-4), Range: 0-12 concentration: sum of q3,20 (on scale 0-4), Range: 0-8 guilt: sum of q9,17 (on scale 0-4), Range: 0-8 tired: sum of q7,16 (on scale 0-4), Range: 0-8 movement: sum of q12,13 (on scale 0-4), Range: 0-8 suicidalIdeation: sum of q14,15 (on scale 0-4), Range: 0-8 //raw scores to all 20 questions (on scale 0-4) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ QUESTIONNAIRE SET-UP & SCORING ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For scoring see https://cesd-r.com/about-cesdr/ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ provided by Millisecond Software - can be edited under section Editable Instructions ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EDITABLE CODE ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code to further customize your experiment. The parameters you can change are: