Comparing the measurability of two depression instruments with Caribbean students

What is it about?

Depression has been identified as a key public health problem facing the Caribbean and has been found to be associated with negative outcomes in the region, (i.e., burnout and absenteeism, obesity). Therefore, robust measures of depression are important to the diagnosis and treatment of the condition.

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Why is it important?

Comparison of the psychometric strengths of two measures of depression, the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale (Zung SDS) and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) in a Caribbean university student population to provide researchers and clinicians interested in measures of depression with psychometric evidence that differentiates the two instruments for a Caribbean sample.