Title: Is the Beck Anxiety Inventory a good tool to assess the severity of anxiety? A primary care study in The Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA)

BACKGROUND To test whether scores on depression inventories on entry to a longitudinal study predict mental ability over the next 4-16 years. METHOD Associations between scores on the Beck Depression Inventory and on tests of intelligence, vocabulary and memory were analysed in 5070 volunteers aged 49-93 years after differences in prescribed drug consumption, death and drop-out, sex, socio-ec...

This study examined the relationship between coping strategies, anxiety and depression levels and burn injury characteristics in the early phase of the treatment in burn-injured patients. Seventy patients with severe burns were interviewed within two weeks of their burn trauma. Coping strategies were measured by the coping with burns questionnaire (CBQ). Anxiety and depression levels were asses...

Despite the popularity of the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck et al., i@6i), only Salkind (i@6g) has attempted to validate this instrument for a general practice population. For some purposes, particularly clinical research, measurement of change in a depressive mood is more important than an absolute measure. So far only Little and McPhail (i@@@) have considered this aspect of use. As part of ...

This study aims to research the depression levels of university students in terms some psychiatric and socio-demographic features Turkey. The group includes a total 504 who recently at various faculties Anadolu University. data was collected through "Personal Information Form" "Beck Depression Inventory" (BDI). At end study, mean Beck Inventory score is 13.6. As result this 41.5% has minimal le...

Spontaneous abortion is the most common adverse pregnancy outcome, and stress has been suggested to be important factor. We hypothesized that those female pregnant women with previous spontaneous abortion will have higher anxiety and depression than female pregnant women without previous spontaneous abortion and controls (healthy non-pregnant women). Age and socio-demographic parameters did not...

OBJECTIVE Simultaneously assess the relationship between the family support perception and the intensity of hopelessness, depression, and anxiety symptoms in alcohol or drug dependent (AOD) patients and in non-AOD dependent control group (CON). METHOD 60 patients who met the DSM-IV criteria for AOD dependence and 65 individuals with similar profile, but not dependent on AOD completed the Fami...

OBJECTIVE Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder are a well-recognized phenomenon in mothers of preterm infants, with implications for maternal health and infant outcomes. This randomized controlled trial evaluated 6-month outcomes from a skills-based intervention developed to reduce symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression. METHODS One hundred five mothers of pre...

OBJECTIVE The present study was conducted to assess the association between depressive symptomatology and mortality in chronic hemodialysis. METHOD A cohort of 40 patients was followed for a median period of 10.5 months. The Beck Depression Inventory was used to classify patients as exposed to depression (Beck Depression Inventory score > 14) or not (Beck Depression Inventory < or = 14). Kapl...