title: Brazilian version of the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E).
abstract: 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.
authors: Neuropsychiatric Unit, Neurology Division, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors: Guilherme Nogueira M
authors: GN
authors: de Oliveira
authors: Arthur
authors: A
authors: Kummer
authors: João Vinícius
authors: JV
authors: Salgado
authors: Eduardo Jardel
authors: EJ
authors: Portela
authors: Sílvio Roberto
authors: SR
authors: Sousa-Pereira
authors: Anthony S
authors: AS
authors: David
authors: Andres M
authors: AM
authors: Kanner
authors: Antonio Lucio
authors: AL
authors: Teixeira
mesh_terms: 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