The Standardization of the Korean Version of Brief Edinburgh Depression Scale as a Screening Tool for Depression in Cancer Patients
Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
;
: 112-120, 2009.
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in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-725287
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
Depression is a common psychiatric disorder in cancer patients. The Brief Edinburgh Depression Scale(BEDS), which is an abbreviated version of the Edinburgh Depression Scale, may serve as a useful tool in screening for the depression in patients with the medical illnesses. This report investigated the reliability and validity of the Korean Version of the BEDS(K-BEDS) for the depression in cancer patients.METHODS:
One-hundred cancer patients were enrolled in this study. All subjects completed the K-BEDS, the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale(HADS), and the Karnofsky Performance Status Scale(KPSS). Reliability, validity and Receiver Operating Characteristic(ROC) curve analysis measures were assessed.RESULTS:
The K-BEDS showed good internal consistency(Cronbach alpha=0.77) and test-retest reliability(0.94, p<0.001). All item-total correlations were above 0.3. Also, it revealed moderate correlation with the depression subscale of the HADS(r=0.617), but no correlation with the KPSS. Exploratory factor analysis produced only one factor, accounting for 47.1% of the total variance. The most valid cutoff value to screen for depression was a total score of 5 on the K-BEDS, which showed sensitivity of 62.5% and specificity of 86.4% with a positive predictive value of 4.60 and a negative predictive value of 0.43.CONCLUSION:
The present findings suggested that the K-BEDS would have good psychometric properties to screen for the depression in cancer patients.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Psychometrics
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Mass Screening
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Reproducibility of Results
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Karnofsky Performance Status
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Depression
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Accounting
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
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Screening study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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