TY - JOUR ID - 88731 TI - The Psychometric Properties of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) for Iranian Cancer Patients JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention JA - APJCP LA - en SN - 1513-7368 AU - Sharif Nia, Hamid AU - Rezapour, Maryam AU - Allen, Kelly A AU - Pahlevan Sharif, Saeed AU - Jafari, Azar AU - Torkmandi, Hojjat AU - Goudarzian, Amir Hossein AD - School of Nursing and Midwifery Amol, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. AD - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. AD - The Melbourne Graduate School of Education, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. AD - Taylor’s Business School, Taylor’s University Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Malaysia. AD - Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. AD - Operating Room Group, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 20 IS - 9 SP - 2803 EP - 2809 KW - cancer KW - depression KW - epidemiological KW - Iran KW - Psychometrics DO - 10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.9.2803 N2 - Objectives: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was specifically created to assessdepression in cancer patients. However, to date, the CES-D has not been validated in Farsi. Therefore, this study aimed toassess the psychometric properties of the CES-D in Iranian cancer patients. Methods: During a three-month period(October to December, 2015), a total of 380 cancer patients completed a Farsi version of the CES-D. The constructvalidity of the scale was evaluated by exploratory factor analysis. Reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s alphaand McDonald Omega. All of the statistical procedure were run by SPSS 22 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Results:The construct validity of the CES-D determined three factors (somatic affect, negative affect, and positive affect),which explained 65.60% of the total variance. The internal consistency was greater than 0.70. Conclusion: Findingsrevealed that the Farsi version of the CES-D has acceptable validity and reliability, which can be used to measuredepression in Iranian cancer patients. UR - https://journal.waocp.org/article_88731.html L1 - https://journal.waocp.org/article_88731_4f14fe0d2e7a557dffe7d066c5aad036.pdf ER -