Validity of Beck Depression Inventory for the assessment of depressive mood in chronic heart failure patients

Guía ESC 2016 sobre el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la insuficiencia cardiaca aguda y crónica

“…Una buena práctica consiste en realizar controles sistemáticos mediante un cuestionario validado. Hasta la fecha, se ha validado formalmente el Inventario de Depresión de Beck (BDI) y la Escala de Depresión Cardiaca como herramientas fiables para la evaluación de estados depresivos de los pacientes con IC 431,432 , pero también se han utilizado ampliamente otros cuestionarios (Escala de Depresión Geriátrica, Escala de Depresión de Hamilton, Escala de Ansiedad y Depresión Hospitalaria, etc. ).…”

2016 ESC Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure

“…Routine screening using a validated questionnaire is good practice. Until now, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Cardiac Depression Scale have been formally validated as reliable tools for the assessment of depressive mood in patients with HF, 431,432 but other questionnaires have been broadly used in this group of patients (e.g.…”

2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

“…Routine screening using a validated questionnaire is good practice. Until now, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Cardiac Depression Scale have been formally validated as reliable tools for the assessment of depressive mood in patients with HF, but other questionnaires have been broadly used in this group of patients (e.g. Geriatric Depression Scale, Hamilton Depression Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale).…”