The Validity of Beck Depression Inventory –Short Version in Depressed Patients Diagnosed According to ICD10 | ||
| Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2013, Pages 603-613 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abdul-Rasoul Al-Yasiri; Yasir S. AbdKarkosh | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND : Beck Depression Inventory (often abbreviated asBDI) is an instrument to measure the severity and depth ofdepression symptoms. BDI was developed in a novel way for its time by collating patients' verbatim descriptions of their symptoms and using these to construct a scale which could reflect the intensity or severity of a givensymptom. OBJECTIVE: To measure the validity of Beck depression Inventory short version using ICD 10 criteria for major depression as a gold standard METHOD AND PATIENTS : The study was carried out in IbnRushd and Baghdad Teaching Hospitals. The sample was selected purposely among patients diagnosed to have major depressive disorder according to the ICD- 10 criteria for major depressive disorder. For each patient a clinical interview was done using the ICD 10 criteria for major depressive episode after being given beck depression inventory – short version in a paper RESULTS : The overall result indicates ‘fair to good’ agreement between both Beck and ICD-10 suggesting that Beck Depression Inventory is valid in assessing the degree of severity of depression CONCLUSION: Beck Depression Inventory short version (13 item ) is adequate in assessing the severity of depression in patients with ICD-10 diagnosis of depression | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Depression; Beck Depression Inventory | ||
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