II. Indications
- Depression screening for age 14 years old and over
- Consider Children's Depression Inventory instead for age 7 years old and older
III. Questions: Each answered on scale of 0-absent to 3-severe
- Sadness
- Pessimism
- Past Failure
- Self-dislike
- Self-criticalness
- Suicidal thoughts or wishes
- Loss of interest
IV. Interpretation (based on sum of the 7 questions above, each with a score of 0-3; maximum 21)
- Score 0 to 3: Minimal depression symptoms
- Score 4 to 6: Mild depression symptoms
- Score 7 to 9: Moderate depression symptoms
- Score 10-21: Severe depression symptoms
V. References
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| Definition (NCI) | A twenty-one question survey completed by a patient, with each answer scored on a scale of 0 to 3, designed to measure presence of depression. |
| Concepts | Intellectual Product (T170) |
| SnomedCT | 273306008 |
| English | BDI - Beck depression invent, BDI, beck depression inventory, becks depression inventory, bdi, BDI - Beck depression inventory, Beck depression inventory (assessment scale), Beck Depression Inventory, Beck depression inventory |
| Spanish | inventario de depresión de Beck (escala de evaluación), inventario de depresión de Beck |
