Use of the Beck Depression Inventory-II with African American primary care patients

The impact of childhood family functioning on anxious, depressive, and obsessive–compulsive symptoms in adulthood among African Americans

“…The scale includes 21 items rated on a scale of 0-3, has sufficient psychometric properties in African Americans (Dutton et al, 2004), and shows strong internal reliability within the current sample (α¼ 0.93).…”

Anxiety, independent of depressive symptoms, is associated with in-hospital cardiac complications after acute myocardial infarction

“…Scores on the BAI-P (psychological items of the BAI) were highly correlated with the full-scale BAI score (r=.86). Thirteen patients (12%) met criteria for a current major depressive episode, and 25(23%) had BDI-II≥14-considered to be a threshold for clinically significant depressive symptoms [32].…”

Sickle Cell Disease: A Stigmatizing Condition That May Lead to Depression

“…The BDI-II, one of the most widely used instrument for detecting depression, is consistent with the depression criteria of the DSM-IV (Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996;Psychological Corporation Website, 2003). Findings in recent studies suggest the BDI-II is an appropriate and accurate instrument to use for depression screening among African American primary care patients (Dutton et al, 2004) and can generate useful information about how depressive symptoms may be expressed in rural African American women (Gary & Yarandi, 2004). The scale is scored by summing the ratings for each of the seven items.…”