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Validation of the short-cognitive inventory of subjective distress (S-CISD)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Carole Fantini-Hauwel ,
Eliane Dovi  and
Pascal Antoine
Carole Fantini-Hauwel*
Affiliation:
Research Center in Clinical Psychology, Psychopathology and Psychosomatics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Eliane Dovi
Affiliation:
Research Center in Clinical Psychology, Psychopathology and Psychosomatics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Pascal Antoine
Affiliation:
University Lille North of France–UPRES URECA EA 1059–“Family, Health and Emotion” Group, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Pr Fantini-Hauwel Carole. Email: carole.fantini@ulb.ac.be.
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Abstract

Background:

This investigation aimed to develop a screening tool based on the Cognitive Inventory of Subjective Distress (CISD). Two studies were designed in order to test the second-order factorial structure of the CISD, to shorten its length and to assess its replicability on a second large independent sample.

Methods:

We recruited a first sample (n = 290) living at home or in retirement centers and a second community-based sample (n = 1,429). The first sample completed the original CISD as well as cognitive, autonomy, anxiety, and depression assessments. The second sample completed the Short-CISD (S-CISD).

Results:

Factor analyses supported a second-order factorial structure allowing to engage in a refinement of the scale. We retained seven items corresponding to a dimension of cognitive schemas. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) demonstrated that the S-CISD exhibited satisfying psychometric properties as well as factorial replicability and structural invariance in two different samples. Further, the internal consistency of the S-CISD is acceptable.

Conclusion:

The S-CISD is a relevant screening tool for rapidly assessing psychological distress. It is directed towards old and very old individuals either living at home or in a retirement center, while also taking into account the fatigability and potential cognitive impairment of this population. This screening tool can be confidently used for psychopathological assessment and can serve as a baseline for following patients over time or in the course of therapy.

Keywords

distressdepressionanxietyassessmentaging
Type
Research Article
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , February 2015 , pp. 261 - 266
Copyright
Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2014 

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