The criterion validity of the web-based Major Depression Inventory when used on clinical suspicion of depression in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Major Depression Inventory (MDI) is widely used in Danish general practice as a screening tool to assess depression in symptomatic patients. Nevertheless, no validation studies of the MDI have been performed. The aim of this study was to validate the web-based version of the MDI against a fully structured telephone interview in a population selected on clinical suspicion of depression (ie, presence of two or three core symptoms of depression) in general practice.

Materials and methods

General practitioners (GPs) invited consecutive persons suspected of depression to complete the web-based MDI in a primary care setting. The validation was based on the Munich-Composite International Diagnostic Interview (M-CIDI) by phone. GPs in the 22 practices in our study inc

SUBMITTER: Nielsen MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5505538 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature