Table 1 Response proportion, sociodemographic characteristics and EURO-D score distributions by site
From: Psychometric properties of EURO-D, a geriatric depression scale: a cross-cultural validation study
|  | Cuba n = 2944 | Dominican Republic n = 2011 | P Rico n = 1918 | Peru urban n = 1381 | Peru rural n = 552 | Venezuela n = 1965 | Mexico urban n = 1003 | Mexico rural n = 1000 | China urban n = 1160 | China rural n = 1002 | India urban n = 1003 | India rural n = 999 | Nigeria n = 914 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Response proportion | 94 % | 95% | 93% | 80% | 88% | 80% | 84% | 86% | 74% | 96% | 72% | 98% | 98% |
Age (years) Mean age | 74.8 | 75.2 | 76.1 | 75.0 | 74.1 | 72.3 | 74.4 | 74.1 | 73.9 | 72.4 | 71.2 | 72.5 | 72.6 |
Missing values | (7) | (0) | (2) | (0) | (0) | (4) | (1) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (2) | (0) | (0) |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Female | 1913 (64.9) | 1325 (65.9) | 1289 (67.2) | 888 (64.3) | 295 (53.4) | 1226 (63.4) | 666 (66.4) | 602 (60.2) | 661 (56.9) | 556 (55.4) | 571 (57.6) | 545 (54.5) | 539 (58.9) |
Missing values | (0) | (2) | (4) | (0) | (0) | (33) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (15) | (0) | 0 |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Never married | 275(9.3) | 139 (6.9) | 118 (6.1) | 145 (10.5) | 68 (12.3) | 189 (9.8) | 63 (6.2) | 42 (4.2) | 3 (0.2) | 22 (2.2) | 21 (2.1) | 5 (0.5) | 41 (4.8) |
Currently married | 1271(43.2 | 586 (29.3) | 931 (48.5) | 784 (57.1) | 308 (55.9) | 921 (47.9) | 470 (46.8) | 538 (53.8) | 829 (71.4) | 585 (58.3) | 523 (52.2) | 481 (48.1) | 581 (68.6) |
Widowed | 928 (31.6) | 806 (40.3) | 640 (33.3) | 367 (26.7) | 157 (28.4) | 549 (28.5) | 395 (39.3) | 371 (37.1) | 326 (28.1) | 394 (39.3) | 426 (42.5) | 497 (49.7) | 225 (26.5) |
Separated/divorce | 462 (15.7) | 465 (23.3) | 228 (11.8) | 75 (5.4) | 18 (3.2) | 261 (13.5) | 75 (7.4) | 48 (4.8) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 32 (3.1) | 16 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) |
Missing values | 8 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 67 |
Education level | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Did not complete primary | 730 (24.8) | 1314 (70.9) | 446 (23.1) | 127 (9.1) | 225 (41.3) | 601 (31.2) | 581 (57.4) | 837 (83.7) | 385 (33.1) | 693 (69.0) | 662 (65.9) | 855 (85.5) | 678 (74.1) |
Missing values | 8 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mean EURO-D score (SD) | 2.1 (2.3) | 3.0 (2.6) | 1.7 (2.0) | 2.6 (2.3) | 2.4 (2.0) | 2.5 (2.4) | 2.6 (2.3) | 2.3 (2.2) | 0.5 (1.2) | 0.2 (0.8) | 3.2 (2.5) | 3.2 (3.1) | 2.5 (3.0) |
Median EURO-D score (25th/75th centile) | 1 (0/3) | 2 (1/5) | 1 (0/3) | 2 (1/4) | 2 (1/4) | 2 (1/4) | 2 (1/4) | 2 (0/4) | 0 (0/1) | 0 (0/0) | 3 (1/5) | 2 (0/6) | 1 (0/4) |
Cronbach’s alpha | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.64 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.87 | 0.87 |