title: Arabic version of the Major Depression Inventory as a diagnostic tool: reliability and concurrent and discriminant validity.
abstract: The Major Depression Inventory (MDI) is a brief questionnaire to assess the presence of a depressive disorder. We prepared an Arabic version of the MDI and tested its reliability and concurrent and discriminant validity as a diagnostic tool of major depressive disorder. A group of 50 Egyptian outpatients with major depressive disorder (assessed clinically and with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR Axis I Disorders) were compared with 50 healthy controls using the MDI-A, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STA.). Cronbach a was 0.91 and intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.98 (95% CI: 0.97-0.99). Scores on the MDI-A strongly correlated with BDI scores (r = 0.81) but insignificantly correlated with STAI scores. Using the MDI scoring algorithm, the sensitivity was 88.4% and specificity 78.9%. We conclude that the MDI-A has an excellent reliability and an acceptable concurrent and discriminant validity.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt. mounir.fawzi40@gmail.com
authors: M H
authors: MH
authors: Fawzi
authors: M M
authors: MM
authors: Fawzi
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Abu-Hindi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D018912:Arabs; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating; D055815:Young Adult