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Is the Inventory to Diagnose Depression (IDD) a useful tool to screen for depression in patients with cardiovascular disease?
Is the Inventory to Diagnose Depression (IDD) a useful tool to screen for depression in patients with cardiovascular disease?
The Inventory to Diagnose Depression (IDD) is a promising screening tool for depression in cardiac patients, where affective and cognitive symptoms are more indicative of depression than somatic symptoms.
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May support IDD emphasis on affective symptoms in cardiac patients; hypothesis-generating for refined screening before practice change.
BACKGROUND: Assessing depression in cardiac patients is challenging because somatic symptoms of depression may be the result of physical illness. This study examined self-reported symptoms of depression in patients with cardiovascular disease. METHOD: Three hundred six patients with cardiovascular disease completed the Inventory to Diagnose Depression (IDD), which is a self-report depression scale. RESULTS: Practically all patients reported some symptoms on the IDD, but only a small number had scores in the range suggestive of depression. Somatic symptoms did not contribute disproportionately to depression scores but affective and cognitive symptoms were stronger indicators of depression in these patients. Factor analysis identified one factor that represented a general syndrome of depression. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that the IDD has promise as a measure to screen for depression in cardiac patients.
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