The Course of Subthreshold Depressive Symptoms
in an Urban Community Sample of Older Adults
Mary Wyman, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Dept. of Psychiatry
(with Kenneth Heller, Ph.D., Indiana University)
Fall 2013
Variable Name
Label
STUDY GROUP AND DEMOGRAPHICS
TPID
I1eth
target person (participant) ID number
ethnicity
MEDICAL STATUS AND DAILY FUNCTIONING
Adlsum
ADL measure score - higher indicates more effective
functioning in daily activities
MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES
t1diag
Baseline (Time 1) diagnostic category (using CES-D cutpoint
of 16)
m6diag
Month 6 diagnostic category
y1diag
Year 1 diagnostic category
I1cetot
Time 1 CES-D Total score (of 60pts)
M6cesdtot
Month 6 CES-D Total score (of 60pts)
m6cesd16
Month 6 CES-D ≥16pts
y1cesdtot
Year 1 CES-D Total score (of 60pts)
y1cesd16
Year 1 CES-D ≥16pts
BASELINE (Time 1) MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS
Variable Name
i1scid1
i1scid2
i1scidwl
i1scidwg
i1scid3
i1scid4
i1scid4i
i1scid4h
i1scid5a
i1scid5
i1scid6
i1scid7
i1scid8
i1scid9
i1scidb
Variable Label
daily depressed mood
loss of int/pleasure
specifier wght loss
specifier wght gain
weight gain/loss
Sleep problem
specifier insomnia
specifier hypersomnia
specifier agitation
psychomotor movement
fatigue/energy loss
worthlessness/guilt
dim think/concentration
thoughts of suicide
Time 1 distress/impairment
Notes
Depression-associated
impairment in functioning
MONTH 6 MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS
m6scid9
m6scidb
Month 6 thoughts of suicide
Month 6 distress/impairment
Depression-associated
Impairment in functioning
YEAR 1 MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS
y1scid9
y1scidb
Year 1 thoughts of suicide
Year 1 distress/impairment
Depression-associated
Impairment in functioning