Grober S E, Gordon W A, Sliwinski M J, Hibbard M R, Aletta E G, Paddison P L
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, NY 10029-6574.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1991 Dec;72(13):1076-9.
The utility of the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) in the diagnosis of depression was examined in an outpatient sample of 29 stroke patients. Results indicated that the DST's sensitivity was 15%, its specificity was 67%, and its positive predictive value was 48%. These findings suggest that the DST yields no more information than would be gained from random assignment of the diagnosis of depression. Therefore, it is not a useful measure of mood in these patients.
在29名中风门诊患者样本中，研究了地塞米松抑制试验（DST）在抑郁症诊断中的效用。结果表明，DST的敏感性为15%，特异性为67%，阳性预测值为48%。这些发现表明，DST所提供的信息并不比随机诊断抑郁症所获得的信息更多。因此，它不是这些患者情绪的有效测量方法。
