Measuring Depression in the Community: A Comparison of Telephone and Personal Interviews
In: The public opinion quarterly: POQ, Band 46, Heft 1, S. 110
ISSN: 1537-5331
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In: The public opinion quarterly: POQ, Band 46, Heft 1, S. 110
ISSN: 1537-5331
In: Public opinion quarterly: journal of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Band 46, Heft 1, S. 110-121
ISSN: 0033-362X
Interview method effects in response to the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale are compared among a community sample (N = 546) of adults randomly assigned to either telephone or in-person interviews. The interviews were conducted in Los Angeles, Calif, during 1980. No significant differences were observed between the two interview methods in nonresponse to symptom items, preference for specific response categories, reliability, mean level of depression, or proportion classified as depressed. Furthermore, no significant interactions were found between sociodemographic characteristics & the method of interview. 3 Tables, 1 Figure. HA.