title: Mean Beck Depression Inventory-II scores by severity of major depressive episode.
abstract: The Beck Depression Inventory-II total scores of 35 (14%) outpatients who were diagnosed with a mild DSM-IV Major Depressive Episode (MDE), 144 (55%) outpatients with a moderate MDE, and 81 (31%) outpatients with a severe MDE were compared. The mean BDI-II total scores were, respectively, 18 (SD = 8, 99% CI 12-23), 27 (SD = 10, 99% CI 24-29), and 34 (SD = 10, 99% CI 30-37) (F2.257 = 33.25, p<.001). The mean BDI-II total score of the outpatients with a severe specifier was significantly higher than the mean BDI-II total score of the outpatients with a moderate specifier which was, in turn, significantly higher than the mean BDI-II total score of the outpatients with a mild specifier.
authors.affiliation: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Stratford 08084-1391, USA. steer@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Steer
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Sanderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index