Assessment of depression in medical patients: A systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory-II
To perform a systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory for detecting depression in medical settings, this article focuses on the revised version of the scale (Beck Depression Inventory-II), which was reformulated according to the DSM-IV criteria for major depression. We exami...
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| description | To perform a systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory for detecting depression in medical settings, this article focuses on the revised version of the scale (Beck Depression Inventory-II), which was reformulated according to the DSM-IV criteria for major depression. We examined relevant investigations with the Beck Depression Inventory-II for measuring depression in medical settings to provide guidelines for practicing clinicians. Considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria seventy articles were retained. Validation studies of the Beck Depression Inventory-II, in both primary care and hospital settings, were found for clinics of cardiology, neurology, obstetrics, brain injury, nephrology, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, oncology, and infectious disease. The Beck Depression Inventory-II showed high reliability and good correlation with measures of depression and anxiety. Its threshold for detecting depression varied according to the type of patients, suggesting the need for adjusted cut-off points. The somatic and cognitive-affective dimension described the latent structure of the instrument. The Beck Depression Inventory-II can be easily adapted in most clinical conditions for detecting major depression and recommending an appropriate intervention. Although this scale represents a sound path for detecting depression in patients with medical conditions, the clinician should seek evidence for how to interpret the score before using the Beck Depression Inventory-II to make clinical decisions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-59bc3faa62ba4429bdcba4e80da32ab82022-12-22T01:19:38ZengElsevier EspañaClinics1980-53222013-09-016891274128710.6061/clinics/2013(09)15S1807-59322013000901274Assessment of depression in medical patients: A systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory-IIYuan-Pang WangClarice GorensteinTo perform a systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory for detecting depression in medical settings, this article focuses on the revised version of the scale (Beck Depression Inventory-II), which was reformulated according to the DSM-IV criteria for major depression. We examined relevant investigations with the Beck Depression Inventory-II for measuring depression in medical settings to provide guidelines for practicing clinicians. Considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria seventy articles were retained. Validation studies of the Beck Depression Inventory-II, in both primary care and hospital settings, were found for clinics of cardiology, neurology, obstetrics, brain injury, nephrology, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, oncology, and infectious disease. The Beck Depression Inventory-II showed high reliability and good correlation with measures of depression and anxiety. Its threshold for detecting depression varied according to the type of patients, suggesting the need for adjusted cut-off points. The somatic and cognitive-affective dimension described the latent structure of the instrument. The Beck Depression Inventory-II can be easily adapted in most clinical conditions for detecting major depression and recommending an appropriate intervention. Although this scale represents a sound path for detecting depression in patients with medical conditions, the clinician should seek evidence for how to interpret the score before using the Beck Depression Inventory-II to make clinical decisions.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000901274&lng=en&tlng=enBeck Depression InventoryDepressionMedical IllnessPsychometric ScaleScreeningValidation Study |
| spellingShingle | Yuan-Pang Wang Clarice Gorenstein Assessment of depression in medical patients: A systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory-II Clinics Beck Depression Inventory Depression Medical Illness Psychometric Scale Screening Validation Study |
| title | Assessment of depression in medical patients: A systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory-II |
| title_full | Assessment of depression in medical patients: A systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory-II |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of depression in medical patients: A systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory-II |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of depression in medical patients: A systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory-II |
| title_short | Assessment of depression in medical patients: A systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory-II |
| title_sort | assessment of depression in medical patients a systematic review of the utility of the beck depression inventory ii |
| topic | Beck Depression Inventory Depression Medical Illness Psychometric Scale Screening Validation Study |
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