Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R): reliability of the Hebrew version.
The Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R) are two widely used instruments, which measure depression in children and adolescents. This pilot study assessed the reliability of the Hebrew versions of these two instruments. Both CDRS-R and CDI were translated from English into Hebrew and then back translated. Seventeen healthy Israeli bilingual children volunteers were interviewed with both scales with a one day intermission between the interviews. Non-parametric correlations were used to compare scores in the two versions for each item. Results showed high agreement between the two versions for almost all items of the CDI and moderate to high for the CDRS-R. When CDRS-R summary scores for each item were compared, the agreement was high for this instrument as well. It is concluded that both CDI and CDRS-R Hebrew versions are reliable and can be used for studies of depression in the Israeli pediatric population.
Zalsman
Gil
G
Geha Mental Health Center and Tel Aviv University, Israel. zalsman@post.tau.ac.il
Misgav
Sagit
S
Sommerfeld
Eliane
E
Kohn
Yoav
Y
Brunstein-Klomek
Anat
A
Diller
Robyne
R
Sher
Leo
L
Schwartz
Joseph
J
Shoval
Gal
G
Ben-Dor
David H
DH
Wolovik
Luisa
L
Oquendo
Maria A
MA
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results