Whiffen V E
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
J Clin Psychol. 1988 May;44(3):367-71. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(198805)44:3<367::aid-jclp2270440309>3.0.co;2-b.
This research evaluated the convergence of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) classifications with Research Diagnostic Criteria diagnoses of depression in a sample of postpartum women (N = 120). The BDI demonstrated good specificity, but poor sensitivity; it detected fewer than half of the diagnosed cases. This finding was attributed to the high rate of minor depression found among postpartum women, to which the BDI is particularly insensitive. Results indicate that the BDI is not a satisfactory screening instrument in postpartum depression research.
本研究评估了贝克抑郁量表（BDI）分类与产后女性样本（N = 120）中研究诊断标准下抑郁症诊断的一致性。BDI显示出良好的特异性，但敏感性较差；它检测出的确诊病例不到一半。这一发现归因于产后女性中轻度抑郁症的高发生率，而BDI对此特别不敏感。结果表明，BDI在产后抑郁症研究中不是一个令人满意的筛查工具。
