The influence of somatic symptoms on the performance of elders in the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) A influência dos sintomas somáticos no desempenho dos idosos no Inventário de Depressão de Beck (BDI)

The influence of somatic symptoms on the performance of elders in the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) A influência dos sintomas somáticos no desempenho dos idosos no Inventário de Depressão de Beck (BDI)

BACKGROUND: The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) has been widely used to assess the prevalence of depressive symptomatology in clinical and non-clinical samples. On elders, however, the Beck Depression Inventory total score can be influenced by the increased scores on somatic and performance subscale...

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Main Authors: Clarissa Marceli Trentini, Flávio Merino de Freitas Xavier, Eduardo Chachamovich, Neusa Sica da Rocha, Vânia N Hirakata, Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2005-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Depressão
Idoso
Depression
Aged
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