A comparison of psychometric properties between Internet and paper versions of two Depression instruments (BDI-II and MADRS-S) administered to clinic patients

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Holländare, Fredrik ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^b,c   Engström, Ingemar ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Depression; Internet; Psychometrics; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 78651312500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1392     Document Type: Article

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