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Validation of Two Depression Screening Instruments in a Sleep Disorders Clinic

Author(s) -

Mandy M. Law,

Matthew T. Naughton,

Arup Dhar,

David Barton,

Eli Dabscheck

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.3802

Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , sleep (system call) , psychiatry , polysomnography , clinical psychology , electroencephalography , economics , macroeconomics , computer science , operating system

Depression is a commonly diagnosed comorbidity in sleep disorder clinics. However, screening instruments for major depressive episode (MDE) have not been validated in this setting. We aimed to validate the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Beck Depression Inventory - Fast Screen (BDI-FS) with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) in patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

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