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The Beck Anxiety (BAI-FS) and Depression (BDI-FS) Inventory-Fast Screens for Medical Settings were administered to 63 HIV-infected outpatients seeking treatment at a chronic pain clinic to evaluate how effectively these 7-item instruments would, respectively, differentiate those who were and were not diagnosed with DSM-IV anxiety, mood, or both disorders. The Anxiety and Mood Modules from the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) were employed to establish the diagnoses. The coefficient α's for the BAI- and BDI-FS were, respectively, .80 and .84. A BAI-FS cut-off score of 4 and above yielded 82% sensitivity and 59% specificity rates for identifying patients with and without anxiety disorders, whereas a BDI-FS cut-off score of 4 and above had 90% sensitivity and 74% specificity rates for detecting patients with and without mood disorders. It was concluded that the BDI-FS was a useful instrument for screening HIV-infected patients with chronic pain for mood disorders.
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Krefetz, D.G., Steer, R.A., Jermyn, R.T. et al. Screening HIV-Infected Patients with Chronic Pain for Anxiety and Mood Disorders with the Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventory-Fast Screens for Medical Settings. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings 11, 283–289 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOCS.0000045348.28440.82
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