The Beck Depression Inventory and General Health Questionnaire as measures of depression in the general population: A validation study using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview as the gold standard

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 163-171

  Aalto, Anna Mari ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^b   Uutela, Antti ^a   Pirkola, Sami ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

BDI; CIDI; Criterion validity; Differential validity; GHQ 12; Population sample; Short form scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84862326545     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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