Neuropsychiatric Unit, Neurology Division, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Nov;19(3):328-31. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.07.013. Epub 2010 Aug 21.
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E) and to assess its psychometric properties.
This study involved 98 outpatients who underwent psychopathological evaluation with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Plus Version, Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D), and a Portuguese version of the NDDI-E.
The NDDI-E was easily understood and quickly administered to most of the patients. At a cutoff score >15, NDDI-E had a sensitivity of 81.5%, a specificity of 83.1%, and a negative predictive value of 92.2% for diagnosis of major depression. Internal consistency reliability of the NDDI-E was 0.79, and there was also a positive correlation between the NDDI-E and the HAM-D (P<0.001).
The Brazilian-Portuguese version of NDDI-E can be used as a practical screening tool to improve recognition of depression in Brazilian people with epilepsy.
本研究旨在评估巴西-葡萄牙版神经障碍抑郁量表-癫痫版（NDDI-E），并评估其心理测量特性。
本研究纳入了 98 名接受了精神病学评估的门诊患者，评估工具包括 Mini 国际神经精神访谈-Plus 版、汉密尔顿抑郁量表（HAM-D）和 NDDI-E 的葡萄牙语版本。
NDDI-E 易于理解且大多数患者都能快速完成测试。在截断得分>15 时，NDDI-E 对诊断重度抑郁症的敏感性为 81.5%，特异性为 83.1%，阴性预测值为 92.2%。NDDI-E 的内部一致性信度为 0.79，并且 NDDI-E 与 HAM-D 之间存在正相关（P<0.001）。
巴西-葡萄牙语版的 NDDI-E 可以作为一种实用的筛查工具，提高对巴西癫痫患者抑郁的识别。
