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S M Berndt

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PubMed1990

Self-reported depression profiles in chronic pain and family practice patients.

This study examined profiles of self-reported depressive symptoms in chronic pain patients (n = 51), family practice outpatients (n = 52), and controls (n = 53) who were receiving neither psychological nor medical treatment and were pain free. Subjects in the three groups were matched for age and sex. The short form of the Multiscore Depression Inventory (SMDI) was used. Chronic pain and family practice groups had similar SMDI profiles, with significant elevations on Low Energy, Pessimism, Sad Mood, and Low Self-Esteem subscales compared with controls. Although both groups of medical patients were depressed compared with control subjects, their SMDI profiles were different from those previously reported for psychiatric inpatients with a diagnosis of depression.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

Multidimensional assessment of depression.

A brief version of the Multiscore Depression Inventory was evaluated. Good coefficient alpha and test-retest reliabilities were obtained for the total score and the subscales. Two factor analyses were reported which appear to justify the use of a multiscore approach for at least 8 of the 9 subscales: helplessness, energy level, guilt, social introversion, cognitive difficulty, irritability, pessimism, and low self-esteem. Sad mood apparently overlapped with energy level on one analysis (replicating findings with the 118-item Multiscore Depression Inventory), and with self-esteem on the second analysis. Normative data are provided on diverse samples totaling 849 subjects.

Depression↗
PubMed1983

A multi-institutional study of depression in family practice.

Depression among outpatients of three descriptively and geographically dissimilar family practice residency programs was studied. The Beck Depression Inventory, the Popoff Index of Depression, and the Multiscore Depression Inventory (MDI) were compared. Reliabilities of all three instruments were high, as were correlations among the instruments. The only significant differences among the three populations were on the social introversion and sad mood subscales of the MDI. Regression analyses were then performed to compute equivalent scores on the Beck Depression Inventory short form from the MDI and Popoff instruments. This allowed approximate conversion of scores to the four levels of severity of depression described by Beck and Beck. This study provides the first extensive normative data for family practice on these measures, thus providing family physicians with a comparison group appropriate for a family practice rather than a psychiatric population.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1980

Relationship of mild depression to psychological deficit in college students.

Twenty-five mildly depressed and 25 nondepressed college students, identified on the basis of their scores on two self-report depression measures, were distinguished by a discriminant analysis of their scores on six measures of psychological deficit. The significant function correctly identified 88% of the nondepressed group of 92% of the mildly depressed group with four variables: Paired easy associates, a digit symbol test, a writing speed task, and Neckar Cube reversals. A measure of short term memory and paired hard associates did not load on the discriminant function. Results were interpreted as suggestive evidence that mild depression is associated with a deficit in energy during both initial preceptual processing, and organization and execution of psychomotor tasks.

Depression↗
PubMed1980

Development and initial evaluation of a multiscore depression inventory.

The construction and evaluation of a new self-report depression inventory was presented. Altogether 833 subjects participated in the various phases of the study. A sequential item selection strategy resulted in an inventory that provided separate scores for ten subscales: Sad Mood, Fatigue, Learned Helplessness, Guilt, Pessimism, Social Introversion, Irritability, Instrumental Helplessness, Low Self-Esteem, and Cognitive Difficulty. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were satisfactory. Concurrent validity of the full scale was demonstrated by high correlations with existing measures. Criterion related validity and face validity were also demonstrated. It was concluded that the new inventory might prove to be a useful research tool for studying depression in normal populations, and the need for further evaluation of psychometric properties in normal and clinical populations was noted.

Depressive Disorder↗