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This study examined profiles of self-reported depressive symptoms in chronic pain patients (n = 51), family practice outpatients (n = 52), and controls (n = 53) who were receiving neither psychological nor medical treatment and were pain free. Subjects in the three groups were matched for age and sex. The short form of the Multiscore Depression Inventory (SMDI) was used. Chronic pain and family practice groups had similar SMDI profiles, with significant elevations on Low Energy, Pessimism, Sad Mood, and Low Self-Esteem subscales compared with controls. Although both groups of medical patients were depressed compared with control subjects, their SMDI profiles were different from those previously reported for psychiatric inpatients with a diagnosis of depression.
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PMID:Self-reported depression profiles in chronic pain and family practice patients. 213 26

A total of 247 consecutively evaluated geriatric medical patients was administered a battery of neuropsychological and psychological tests as part of their diagnostic workup for unexplained deterioration in their functioning. Depression was assessed with a short form of the MMPI, the Brief Symptom Inventory, and the Geriatric Depression Scale. By Research Diagnostic Criteria, most suffered from major (59%) or minor (21%) depressions; some degree of cognitive impairment was seen in 80% of the patients, defining a population of "vulnerable" geriatric patients typical of referrals to a general medical hospital setting. Using both conventional score cutoff criteria and discriminant analyses, false-negative rates up to 53% for major depression and 100% for minor depression were found. Psychometric misrecognition of depression was not related to degree of dementia or education but on some measures was positively associated with verbal intelligence level and patient age. Contrary to previous suggestions that psychometric measures overestimate depression in the elderly, these findings suggest that there may be a subgroup of elderly in which treatable affective distress is not appreciated.
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PMID:Psychometric assessment of depression in an elderly general medical population. Over- or underassessment? 229 35

123 high school students completed the short form of the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory-School Form and its Lie scale, Beck's Depression Inventory, and an Alcohol Dependency Scale. Analyses of variance (2 x 4) showed boys had higher mean Lie scores than girls, and freshmen had lower mean alcohol dependency scores than sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Correlations between self-esteem scores and depression scores were significant and negative, but values were significant and positive between self-esteem and lie scores and between depression and alcohol dependency scores. Much work is required to understand better the relations among depression, self-esteem, and drug and alcohol dependency in high school students if interventions are to focus upon prevention.
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PMID:Self-esteem, depression, and alcohol dependency among high school students. 279 62

This study investigated the reliability and validity of the short form Beck Depression Inventory with older adults. Sixty-one clinically depressed older outpatients and 57 non-patient older volunteers comprised the sample. The patient group completed the BDI prior to and at completion of depression treatment. Estimates of internal reliability suggest that the short form BDI possesses adequate Spearman-Brown and alpha coefficients. Congruent validity estimates were less satisfactory, as the correlation between the BDI and the HRSD was statistically significant, but low. Criterion group validity, diagnostic sensitivity, and sensitivity to change estimates were all acceptable. Thus, the short form BDI is adequately reliable to suggest its use as a research and clinical tool with older adults, although further study of the instrument's validity is needed.
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PMID:Reliability and validity of the short form Beck Depression Inventory with older adults. 321 10

We used transcutaneous electrotherapy to treat 27 patients with persistent tinnitus. Each patient was tested with the short form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Index test (MMPI) prior to the commencement of treatment. The "unimproved" group of patients (n = 15) showed higher pretreatment scores for depression (P less than 0.05), psychasthenia (P less than 0.05) and schizophrenia (P less than 0.02). Our findings indicate that patients having significantly pathological scores on at least one of these three scales will fail to benefit from treatment. These findings also show that there appear to be psychological prognostic factors that can be used to evaluate patients receiving transcutaneous electrotherapy for persistent tinnitus.
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PMID:Psychological factors affecting outcome of treatment after transcutaneous electrotherapy for persistent tinnitus. 349 23

The factor structure of the Beck Depression Inventory short form (BDI-SF) was investigated in two elderly samples, with the method of confirmatory factor analysis. Four models previously reported for the BDI-SF in the general adult population were compared for goodness of fit to the data for elderly respondents, and the best-fitting model was adjusted further for these data. Each step in the analyses of the BDI-SF responses of 199 elderly subjects from Tampa, Florida, was cross-validated with data from a second sample of 113 elderly subjects from Houston, Texas. The results confirmed that the three-factor model reported by Reynolds and Gould (1981) adequately fit the data from both elderly samples. The three identified factors were termed Negative Self-Esteem, Anergy, and Dysphoria and were considered to correspond with the cognitive, behavioral, and affective components that generally are thought to be part of the depressive syndrome. The internal consistency of the overall BDI-SF was .74 and .80 in the Tampa and Houston samples, respectively. These findings provide evidence for the construct validity of the BDI-SF by confirming that it displays a factor structure in the aged similar to that observed in the general adult population.
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PMID:Confirmatory factor analysis of the short form Beck Depression Inventory in elderly community samples. 355 31

Depression is a complex, debilitating illness that is frequently present in a medically ill population. Assessment of depression presents a challenge to the nurse practitioner whose patient may not describe a depressed mood, but presents with multiple somatic complaints that do not respond to usual interventions. A two-phase descriptive survey that examined the incidence and severity of depressive symptomatology in 30 women on their initial visits to a general medical clinic is reviewed. In addition to an evaluation of depression, somatic symptoms and demographic data relevant to the assessment of depression were obtained. Fifty percent (15) of the women exhibited symptoms of depression as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory. Significant positive correlations were found between depression, stress, level of somatic symptoms, pain and family history of depression. A chart review was done four months subsequent to administration of the Beck Depression Inventory for data concerning care. Significant negative correlations were found between depression and number of clinic visits. The chart review revealed that the depression experienced by the 15 women was apparently unrecognized and untreated. The diagnostic criteria for major depression and the medical conditions that may present with depressive symptoms are covered to assist NPs in recognizing depression. Drugs that can aggravate an existing depression or cause depression as a side effect are listed. The short form of the Beck Depression Inventory is provided to help NPs uncover hidden depressive symptoms in their clients.
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PMID:The prevalence of depression in women in an ambulatory care setting. 357 84

To investigate the incidence and correlates of childhood depression in a family practice clinic, Kovacs Childhood Depression Inventory (CDI) was administered to 64 patients, aged 6 to 12 years. Accompanying parents completed the short form of Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) and reported on the children's behavior problems. One half of the children studied scored within the depressed range on the CDI. Thirty-nine percent of the parents scored at least mildly depressed on the BDI. Depression appeared to cluster in families. Every parent who scored in the severe depression range was accompanying a child who rated himself or herself as depressed. All parents who scored above the cutoff for mild depression rated their children as having behavior problems. Children's self-reported depression was also related to negative parental rating of the children's behavior.
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PMID:Childhood depression: an overlooked problem in family practice. 368 Dec 5

This study evaluated Shacham's 8-item short form of the original 15-item POMS-Depression scale (N = 131). The study found that the short form did not have significantly lower concurrent validity than the original form; had only slightly lower internal consistency; and had a mean and a standard deviation close enough to those of the original form to allow prorating of short-form scores for interpretation with original form norms. It was concluded that the short form is roughly equivalent psychometrically to the previously validated original form. The short form of the POMS-Depression scale was identified as apparently the shortest available validated measure of depression.
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PMID:Evaluation of a short form of the POMS-Depression scale. 399 62

Presented age and sex-specific norms for the 13-item short form of the Beck Depression Inventory, based on data collected during a general health survey (N = 1091). Females were found to score more highly than males, and an internal consistency reliability of .81 was found.
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PMID:Some general population norms for the short form Beck Depression Inventory. 674 84


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