Comparison among measures of depression: reliability, validity, relationship to anxiety and personality and the role of age and life events

Materials and methods The study sample included 40 depressed patients 29.65 ± 9.38 years old, and 120 normal comparison subjects 27.23 ± 10.62 years old. Clinical Diagnosis was reached by consensus of two examiners with the use of the SCAN v.2.0. The depressive scales applied and standardized were the CES-D, ZDRS, BDI-I, and the KSQ. Also, the STAI, the Life Events scale (Holms and Rahe), and the EPQ were administered. The analysis included the comparison of psychometric properties and the use of Pearson correlation coefficient and factor analysis.