Key result
The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III (SCID) was the optimal method for assessing depression in 52 myocardial infarction patients compared to an unstructured diagnostic interview.
Why the study?
Do the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III (SCID) administered by nurses accurately detect depression in myocardial infarction patients compared to an unstructured diagnostic interview by a therapist?
Observational (n=52)
Do the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III (SCID) administered by nurses accurately detect depression in myocardial infarction patients compared to an unstructured diagnostic interview by a therapist?
The SCID is an optimal nursing assessment tool for detecting depression in myocardial infarction patients.
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Supports SCID for nurse-led post-MI depression screening; leaves open validation in larger prospective cohorts.
The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM‐III: Major Depressive Episode Section (SCID) as nursing assessment tools to detect depression in medically ill patients were evaluated by comparing depression ratings obtained by a nurse using these tools with depression ratings obtained by a therapist using an unstructured diagnostic interview. The subjects were 52 myocardial infarction patients assessed at hospital discharge and 8 weeks later. The findings suggest that, while the BDI serves as an indicator of depression, the SCID is the optimal method for assessing depression in patients with medical illness.
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Davis et al. (1988) conducted an observational in myocardial infarction (n=52). Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III (SCID) vs. Unstructured diagnostic interview by a therapist was evaluated on Depression ratings. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III (SCID) was the optimal method for assessing depression in 52 myocardial infarction patients compared to an unstructured diagnostic interview.
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