Abstract
All three versions of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-I, BDI-IA, and BDI-II) are designed to rate the severity of respondents’ depression in the weeks preceding questionnaire completion. Suited to both clinical and research populations, the 21-item instrument evaluates a variety of cognitive and physical symptoms of depression. One question in each version relates directly to sleep concerns: Question 16 asks respondents to indicate if they have experienced a recent disturbance in their sleeping habits. However, depression appears to be especially prevalent among patients diagnosed with sleep disorders; thus, some researchers have suggested that administration of a depression scale like the BDI should be a routine step in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders [1]. The 28 items of the scale are drawn from the 111 items shown on the following pages.
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Shahid, A., Wilkinson, K., Marcu, S., Shapiro, C.M. (2011). Beck Depression Inventory. In: Shahid, A., Wilkinson, K., Marcu, S., Shapiro, C. (eds) STOP, THAT and One Hundred Other Sleep Scales. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9893-4_8
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