Validation of the Beck Depression Inventory for a Portuguese-speaking Chinese community in Brazil
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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38(3): 399-408, mar. 2005. tab
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
The objective of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties and cross-cultural validity of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) among ethnic Chinese living in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The study was conducted on 208 community individuals. Reliability and discriminant analysis were used to test the psychometric properties and validity of the BDI. Principal component analysis was performed to assess the BDI's factor structure for the total sample and by gender. The mean BDI score was lower (6.74, SD = 5.98) than observed in Western counterparts and showed no gender difference, good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha 0.82), and high discrimination of depressive symptoms (75-100 percent). Factor analysis extracted two factors for the total sample and each gender cognitive-affective dimension and somatic dimension. We conclude that depressive symptoms can be reliably assessed by the BDI in the Brazilian Chinese population, with a validity comparable to that for international studies. Indeed, cultural and measurement biases might have influenced the response of Chinese subjects.
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Assunto principal:
Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica
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Tradução
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Povo Asiático
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Depressão
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Assunto da revista:
Biologia
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Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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