Composite International Diagnostic Interview screening scales for DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorders

Abstract

CIDI-SC operating characteristics are equivalent (MDE, GAD) or superior (PD, BPD) to those of the best alternative screening scales. CIDI-SC results can be compared directly to general population CIDI survey results or used to target and streamline second-stage CIDIs.

The burden of generalized anxiety disorder in Canada

“…For this study, we used the share file (n = 23 709) and excluded those respondents (n = 293) with missing responses to either GAD or MDE symptombased measures, which resulted in a total study sample of 23 416. 19,20 It is designed to measure the prevalence of mental disorders at the community level, and can be administered by lay interviewers.…”

“…The sociodemographic characteristics we studied included sex (women, men); age (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)30-49, 50+ years and mean age); marital status (single, divorced/separated/ widowed, married/common law); respondent's highest level of education (less than secondary, secondary graduate, some post-secondary, post-secondary graduate); adjusted household income quintiles; employment status in the previous week (student, did not work including permanently disabled and elderly, worked); immigrant status (yes, no); Aboriginal status (yes, no); and geography (urban, rural).…”

Le fardeau du trouble d’anxiété généralisée au Canada

“…Notre étude, qui porte sur les données concernant un échantillon conçu pour être représentatif de la population canadienne de 15 19,20 . Le questionnaire CIDI, conçu pour mesurer la prévalence des troubles mentaux à l'échelle des collectivités, peut être administré par des enquêteurs non spécialisés.…”

Specific and social fears in children and adolescents: separating normative fears from problem indicators and phobias

“…15 The ROC curve represents the relationship between sensitivity and specificity by plotting the true-positive rate (in this case, phobia diagnosis) against the false-positive rate at various threshold settings to detect a significant medical problem. 16 The existing literature is limited in many significant ways. First, no previous study has used modern psychometric analysis and SDT to assess the thresholds separating normative fear from problem indicators.…”

“…First, no previous study has used modern psychometric analysis and SDT to assess the thresholds separating normative fear from problem indicators. Second, most of the current literature focuses on older adolescent and adult populations, 10,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22] with few studies including children and early adolescents. 23 Finally, the majority of studies are limited to small samples sizes or selected by clinical condition, which limits the ability to use IRT and SDT, respectively.…”