What is it about?
This is a validity study of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Beck Depression Inventory - II (BDI-II) in a sample of community dwelling adults. We provided the cut-off score of 10/11 as the threshold for detecting depression.
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Why is it important?
The validity study of the BDI-II in respondents living in community can make possible epidemiological studies in different samples in Brazil.
Perspectives
The BDI-II is reliable and valid for measuring depressive symptomatology among Portuguese-speaking Brazilian non-clinical adult populations.
Dr Yuan-Pang Wang
Universidade de Sao Paulo Campus da Capital
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This page is a summary of: Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in a community sample, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, December 2012, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbp.2012.03.005.
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