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. 2012 Mar;17(2):197-206.
doi: 10.1177/1359105311414953. Epub 2011 Jul 20.

Assessment of depression among African American light smokers

Carla J Berg  1 , Lisa Sanderson Cox, Won S Choi, Matthew S Mayo, Ron Krebill, Carrie A Bronars, Jasjit S Ahluwalia
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Assessment of depression among African American light smokers

Carla J Berg et al. J Health Psychol. 2012 Mar.

Abstract

Given the relationship between depression and smoking, we compared the two-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) and 10-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD-10) in assessing depressive symptoms among African American light smokers in a clinical trial of bupropion. Of 539 participants, 21.3 percent reported significant depressive symptoms on the PHQ-2, 31.0 percent screened positive per CESD-10, 36.8 percent reported symptoms on either, and 15.6 percent screened positive on both (r = 0.47, p < .001). Having depressive symptoms was associated with less education, decreased positive affect and social support, and greater levels of negative affect and perceived stress. Cessation treatment should assess depression and address these symptoms.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00666978.

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