Depression Screening Instruments
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• Use of the Beck Depression Inventory in Clinical Practice. Piotrowski C., Psychol Rep 1996 Dec;79(3 Pt 1):873-4 Department of Psychology, University of West Florida, Pensacola 32514, USA. PMID: 8969094
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Abstract: A review of recent survey data indicates that the Beck Depression Inventory ranks among the most frequent tests used by practicing clinicians. This finding is impressive in that this inventory is not a 'broad-band' measure of psychopathology. |
• The Use of the Beck Depression Inventory to Screen for Depression in the General Population: a Preliminary Analysis. Lasa L, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Vazquez-Barquero JL, Diez-Manrique FJ, Dowrick CF. Clinical and Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital, University of Cantabria, Avda. Valdecilla s/n, Santander, Spain. J Affect Disord 2000 Jan-Mar;57(1-3):261-5. PMID: 10708841
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Abstract: Objective: The aim of the present paper is to study the performance of Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) as a screening instrument for depressive disorders in a general population sample. Methods: 1250 subjects, from 18 to 64 years old, were randomly selected from the Santander (Spain) municipal census. A two-stage method was used: in the first stage, all individuals selected completed the BDI; in the second, 'probable cases' (BDI cut-off>/=13) and a random 5% sample of the total sample with a BDI score less than 13 were interviewed by psychiatrists using the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN), which generates diagnoses of depressive disorders. Results: Our data confirm the predictive value of the selected cut-off point (12/13): 100% sensitivity, 99% specificity, 0. 72 PPV, 1 NPV, and 98% overall diagnostic value. The area under ROC (AUC) was found to be 0.99. There were no statistical differences in terms of sex or age. We conclude that the BDI is a good instrument for screening depressive disorders in community surveys. |
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