作者
Andrew J Petkus, Amber M Gum, Brent Small, Vanessa L Malcarne, Murray B Stein, Julie Loebach Wetherell
发表日期
2010/6
期刊
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: A journal of the psychiatry of late life and allied sciences
卷号
25
期号
6
页码范围
578-587
出版商
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
简介
Objective
Homebound older adults are at high risk for depression and anxiety. Systematic screening may increase identification of these difficulties and facilitate service usage. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure, internal consistency, and concurrent validity of the Brief Symptom Inventory—18 (BSI‐18) for use as a screening instrument for depression and anxiety with homebound older adults and to examine if the BSI‐18 could be shortened further and exhibit comparable psychometric properties.
Methods
A sample of 142 older adults receiving in‐home aging services completed interviews that included the BSI‐18 and the depression and anxiety modules of the structured clinical interview for DSM‐IV.
Results
Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the theorized three‐factor, second‐order model of the BSI‐18 fit the data well (S‐B X 2 = 136.17; p = 0.36). The depression and …
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