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| A preliminary investigation of the reliability and validity of the Brief Assessment Schedule Depression Cards and the Beck Depression Inventory-Fast Screen to screen for depression in older stroke survivors | | Author(s) | A K Healey, I I Kneebone, M Carroll |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 5, May 2008 |
| Pages | pp 531-536 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Evaluation ; Reliability ; Stroke ; Screening ; Rehabilitation. |
| Annotation | Depression affects about one-third of stroke survivors and is associated with poor outcome. An initial assessment was conducted of the reliability and validity of the Brief Assessment Schedule Depression Cards (BASDEC) and the Beck Depression Inventory - Fast Screen (BDI-FS) in screening for depression in older stroke survivors. Participants from four inpatient rehabilitation units completed the BASDEC and the BDI-FS together with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) for comparison. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis 1 Disorders (SCID) was then completed with all participants to ascertain a criterion depression analysis. The BASDEC and the BDI-FS were subsequently completed for a second time. 49 stroke survivors (mean age 78.8; standard deviation 6.79 years) were included. The BASDEC and the BDI-FS demonstrated acceptable internal consistency and test-retest reliability. For detecting major depression, BASDEC resulted in a sensitivity of 1.0 and specificity of 0.95, whereas the BDI-FS had a sensitivity of 0.71 and specificity of 0.74. When participants with minor depression were included in analyses, sensitivity lowered to 0.79 (specificity 0.97) for the BASDEC and 0.62 (specificity 0.78) for the BDI-FS. The BASDEC and the BDI-FS were found to have acceptable reliability. The BASDEC demonstrated some advantage in criterion validity over the BDI-FS at the examined cut-offs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080618207 A |
| Classmark | ENR: 4C: 5HC: CQA: 3V: LM |
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