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Beck Depression Inventory
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Basic Information

Abbreviated name
BDI-II
Full name
Beck Depression Inventory
Items ?
The number of questions in the survey
20
Short description
Used to identify depression and measure the severity of depression symptoms.
PCCC or QoL? ?
This compendium contains patient-reported measures that are either designed to specifically measure aspects of Person Centred Co-Ordinated Care (P3C), or alternatively tools that are designed to measure some aspect of Quality of Life (QoL) or Health Related Quality of Life (hrQoL). All the measures in this compendium have been broadly categorised into one of those two concepts.
Other
Main Domains Measured ?
This is the key domains that the measure is targeting.
Depression specific - symptoms
Type of measure ?
The measures in this compendium can take a variety of forms. Generally, they will be either Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) or Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM). However, we have also included a few measures that are completed by proxy-individual (PROXY), which are useful in instances where the respondent cannot answer directly (e.g. dementia or end of life). Sometimes, these measures can even be a composite of these types, and target both experiences and outcomes – we have labelled these measures “PROEMs”.
PROM
Respondent ?
The person that fills in the questionnaire - e.g. patient, Health Care Professional, or proxy (normally a carer or family member)
Patients
Permissive licence ?
Whether the measure is free to use without major restrictions, or instead permission and/or licensing fees are required. E.g. if "Yes", you should seek authorisation/permission prior to using the instrument.
Yes
Copy of questionnaire
http://www.ibogaine.desk.nl/graphics/3639b1c_23.pdf

Detailed Information

Year developed ?
The year in which the measure was first published.
1961
Country developed in ?
The main country[s] in which the measure was first developed.
US
Target condition ?
The measures can be either generic or disease specific (e.g. Diabetes, Heart Failure)
Mental Health
Main context tested in ?
The main context in which the measure has been developed and used (E.g. Hopital, General Practice etc).
Primary care
Main countries used in ?
The main countries in which the measure has been developed and used.
UK, US
Target age ?
e.g. Adults, Children, Elderly
Adults
Main uses of measure ?
The context in which the measure is most often used – e.g. clinical trials; national surveys.
Identifying and measuring depressive symptoms.
Used in UK? ?
Whether the instrument has been tested and validated within a UK healthcare context.
Yes
Language
English

Domains

Domain description
Depression specific - symptoms

Psychometrics

Brief description ?
A brief description of the initially reported psychometric properties of the measure.
The BDI demonstrates high internal consistency, with alpha coefficients of .86 and .81 for psychiatric and non-psychiatric populations respectively (Beck et al., 1988).