Brazilian version of the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E).
OBJECTIVE
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.


METHODS
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.


RESULTS
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).


CONCLUSIONS
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.
de Oliveira
Guilherme Nogueira M
GN
Neuropsychiatric Unit, Neurology Division, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Kummer
Arthur
A
Salgado
João Vinícius
JV
Portela
Eduardo Jardel
EJ
Sousa-Pereira
Sílvio Roberto
SR
David
Anthony S
AS
Kanner
Andres M
AM
Teixeira
Antonio Lucio
AL
D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D012372:ROC Curve; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014175:Translating