A higher score indicates more depressive symptoms, and a score of 16 or higher is commonly used as the cutoff point for defining clinically significant depressive symptoms.25 Because the CES - D is a screening tool, it can not be used to make
a definitive diagnosis of depression.
«Men with intermediate - or high - risk prostate cancer and a recent
diagnosis of depression are less likely to undergo
definitive treatment and experience worse overall survival,» Hu said.