Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Discriminating Depressive Patients and Patients with Somatoform Disorders by Means of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).

Olsson, Lars LU (2007) In Lund Psychological Reports
Abstract
Ninety-eight patients, 56 suffering according to DSM-IV of unipolar depression and 42 of somatoform disorders, were compared on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) total scale, the subscale of Somatic complaints and the Cognitive-affective subscale. A factor analysis performed on the total group revealed five factors used to determine new subscales: Depressed mood, Somatic manifestations, Loss of weight and appetite, Negative self-image and Negative social feelings. The scores of the Cognitive-affective subscale and of the subscales of Depressed mood, Loss of weight and appetite and Negative self-image were more pronounced in the group with unipolar depression than in the somatoform disorders group. Since the BDI is multidimensional, using... (More)
Ninety-eight patients, 56 suffering according to DSM-IV of unipolar depression and 42 of somatoform disorders, were compared on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) total scale, the subscale of Somatic complaints and the Cognitive-affective subscale. A factor analysis performed on the total group revealed five factors used to determine new subscales: Depressed mood, Somatic manifestations, Loss of weight and appetite, Negative self-image and Negative social feelings. The scores of the Cognitive-affective subscale and of the subscales of Depressed mood, Loss of weight and appetite and Negative self-image were more pronounced in the group with unipolar depression than in the somatoform disorders group. Since the BDI is multidimensional, using only the total score increases the risk of overestimating depression when somatic complaints are prominent. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
organization
publishing date
type
Book/Report
publication status
published
subject
keywords
depression, BDI, somatoform disorders
in
Lund Psychological Reports
pages
8 pages
publisher
Department of Psychology, Lund University
report number
Vol 8 no 3
ISSN
1404-8035
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
f30053a3-6b4a-4466-94f8-8918f46e511e (old id 950018)
date added to LUP
2016-04-01 16:13:56
date last changed
2018-11-21 20:39:46
@techreport{f30053a3-6b4a-4466-94f8-8918f46e511e,
  abstract     = {{Ninety-eight patients, 56 suffering according to DSM-IV of unipolar depression and 42 of somatoform disorders, were compared on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) total scale, the subscale of Somatic complaints and the Cognitive-affective subscale. A factor analysis performed on the total group revealed five factors used to determine new subscales: Depressed mood, Somatic manifestations, Loss of weight and appetite, Negative self-image and Negative social feelings. The scores of the Cognitive-affective subscale and of the subscales of Depressed mood, Loss of weight and appetite and Negative self-image were more pronounced in the group with unipolar depression than in the somatoform disorders group. Since the BDI is multidimensional, using only the total score increases the risk of overestimating depression when somatic complaints are prominent.}},
  author       = {{Olsson, Lars}},
  institution  = {{Department of Psychology, Lund University}},
  issn         = {{1404-8035}},
  keywords     = {{depression; BDI; somatoform disorders}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{Vol 8 no 3}},
  series       = {{Lund Psychological Reports}},
  title        = {{Discriminating Depressive Patients and Patients with Somatoform Disorders by Means of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}